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What is significant about the girl responding to her mother?

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near the end of the poem the author breaks her pattern and ask the question ¨but what if the baker won’t let me feel the bread?¨ why is this the only question she has.

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Fiona: Do you think the time period or setting when 'girl' was written is important to understand the viewpoint/culture of the author?

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Fiona: Do you think the time period or setting when 'girl' was written is important to understand the viewpoint/culture of the author?

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Is there a patter displayed in this piece also shown in society and in what way?

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In the poem Kincaid constantly uses the words "slut" and the phrase "this is how". Why does she do this?

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What is ironic about the symbols of slavery and the church?

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what was the theme the author was trying to make? 

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what was the theme the author was trying to make? 

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micah peck

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The author uses phrases like "always," "mustn't," and "this is" in her writing. Do you think the lack of suggested deviation from these activities have to do with social/gender status?

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How has the post-imperial era of English rule affected the way society is fundamentally behaved within the Caribbean Islands (i.e. social class, expectations, etc.)?

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Salma: the poem is based off a female point of view. How would the poem differ if it was based of a males point of view?

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Salma: the poem is based off a female point of view. How would the poem differ if it was based of a males point of view?

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Do you think "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid can be identified as an autobiography or a coming-of-age?

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What does the specific style of writing suggest about the author?

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What genre do you think that this reading is going for?

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Kincaid uses the word "slut" multiple times throughout the poem. Does the meaning of slut  change at all in the poem?