This short story by Jamaica Kinkaid is representative of all the everyday oppression that besets females in a male dominated society. The girl is constantly told she must do certain things that are simply expected of her, there is no mention of anything that she gets from doing these things. This relegation down to a servant like status, show the girl as an object in a patriarchal society, of similar worth to other objects that perform tasks that are below a man. Even though its supposed that this girl is doing what she is told, she is nonetheless continually referred to as "a slut you are so bent on becoming."
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