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    The mother instructs her daughter on how to properly live her life from childhood, telling her to always do household chores and keep away from boys, while also hinting that she needs to be attractive to men like bakers to live a good life. This story explores the conflicting ideas girls face in being told to remain restricted while also needing to attract suitable males. The daughter has no say in how her life is structured according to her mother's instructions.

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    The mother instructs her daughter on how to properly live her life from childhood, telling her to always do household chores and keep away from boys, while also hinting that she needs to be attractive to men like bakers to live a good life. This story explores the conflicting ideas girls face in being told to remain restricted while also needing to attract suitable males. The daughter has no say in how her life is structured according to her mother's instructions.

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    Girl

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    The mother instructs her daughter on how to properly live her life from childhood, telling her to always do household chores and keep away from boys, while also hinting that she needs to be attractive to men like bakers to live a good life. This story explores the conflicting ideas girls face in being told to remain restricted while also needing to attract suitable males. The daughter has no say in how her life is structured according to her mother's instructions.

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    “Girl” 

    by Jamaica Kincaid

    A mother is telling her daughter how to live her life properly. The daughter does not seem to have any
    say in it.

    What Is Great About It: This may not be technically a story since there is no plot. “Girl” talks about
    how girls are taught to live restricted lives since childhood. The mother instructs (tells) her to do all
    the household chores, indicating that it is her sole purpose (only aim or duty).

    Sometimes the mother tells her to not attract attention, to not talk to boys and to always keep away
    from men. On the other hand, she hints that she will have to be attractive to bakers and other suitable
    males in society in order to live a good life.

    This story is about these conflicting ideas that girls face when growing up.

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