Main Themes Of Individualism In Queenies Girl Femininity

A group of teenage girls in bathing suits walk into a grocery store, making the customers heads turn but drawing the admiration of the young men working the cash registers. The older manager confronts he girls and tells them that they should be properly dressed when they enter any store especially their store and that in the future, they will have to follow the stores policy and â€Å"cover themselves†. The story is told from the first person point of view of Sammy. From the beginning, In walks, these three girls in nothing but bathing suits In my opinion, the main theme of this short story is individualism. It is a story about what happens when people try to do their own thing rather than doing what society expects them to do. In this†¦show more content†¦the mother recreates in her daughter the raw kind of discrimination against females that the mother has experienced first hand, whats even worse Its a woman tearing another developing woman down. Kincaids story Girl allows readers a glimpse into the strict, demanding manner in which parents reared their children for decades and still do today. The relationship between the mother and the girl also reeks of empowerment and distance, as best seen through the girls short-lived speech in the story. Most importantly, Girl shows readers how particular the lessons taught to the children two decades ago were. This story relates to feminist perspectives. The mother in Girl expects a a lot from of her daughter, and she does not hesitate to let her know. In each of the stories the characters each accentuate the author story, each involve young women. Understanding each character is important because it shows you why they do what they do, it gives reason to each center of the story. So each character becomes the main point of the story. The girls in both AP and Girl supposed to seem innocent, and seem to rebell towards society. In society both stories take place in different points in time. In â€Å"Girl† are based in the Caribbean but Queenie seems to be upper class in Boston. These different times could be contributed to the characters actions. In the story there will always be