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In her short story,”Girl,” Jamaica Kincaid illustrates the strict rules women have to follow as they grow up to argue that women shouldn't be forced to act a certain way or do certain things to be able to fit into society.

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In her prose piece "Girl" Antiguan author Jamaica Kincaid creates a suffocating list of expectations that display the overwhelming and unfair societal norms reflected on young girls showing that even in the second wave of feminism young women face generational trauma and sexism that is still relevant and carries on to them.

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In the prose essay "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid, the author recounts the over-exacting norms and rules of her childhood in order to assert that a lack of freedom can be damaging for a child, while also implicitly hinting that this strictness can be the result of misguided parental love.

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In her prose “Girl,” Antiguan immigrant and writer Jamaica Kincade creates an oppressive list of societal expectations, forming a suffocating understanding of gender norms to argue that double standards placed on adolescent girls are frequently passed down, and that in patriarchal families generational trauma prevents forward movement.

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In her prose “Girl”, feminist author Jamaica Kincaid lists a number of societal expectations to argue that gender roles are prevalent, representing an unjust society and that even in a progressive era, generational trauma is normalized for young girls growing up.

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In her prose “Girl”, Antiguan-born immigrant Jamaica Kincaid uses anaphora and pressuring diction to draw an image of the harsh expectations that surround girls in response to the reignition of the feminist movement, while highlighting stereotypical gender roles in inspiration of her own experiences in Antigua.

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In her prose poem “Girl”, Caribbean American Jamaica Kincaid speaks to herself in her mother’s point of view, showing mother-daughter dynamics to argue that enforcing gender roles is toxic to young girls, and that in a society where gender-roles are not enforced anymore, privileged men don’t understand the double standard for girls brought up in the same way as Jamaica.

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In her prose "Girl," Antiguan author Jamaica Kincaid recites a list of overwhelming household chores to warn mothers that instilling traditional gender stereotypes on their daughters will force them into giving up their precious childhoods too soon in order to become full-fledged women, and that, despite the progression of gender equality and feminist movements, it's still difficult for girls to get the opportunities they need to break the generational cycle of being raised into housewives.

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In her essay “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, the author creates a stern and no-nonsense list of what the norms of her times were. She lists off a number of concerns and overwhelming standards that she was expected to follow when she was just a little girl. The gender roles of her time is also mentioned through sexism and what was expected from her in her time.

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In the short story, “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, the author explains how the rigid expectations and societal pressures imposed on young girls in a patriarchal, Caribbean society shape their identities from her mother's POV. Kincaid exposes the oppressive nature of these expectations, emphasizing how a girl’s worth is often determined by her ability to conform to prescribed gender roles, where a man wouldn't understand these hardships.

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In her prose poem “Girls”, Caribbean native Jamaica Kincaid writes a repetitive perspective showcasing a mother’s expectation for her daughter to argue that girls have to act in a specific way to fit in with the society, and that still, enforcing the gender roles on young girls can impact them by limiting their views towards society and by generalizing the trauma the girls would have to face for young adults growing up.