Writing Journal Prompt 3

My initial thoughts about the short story “Girl” was that a mother was trying to teach her daughter how to find her way in the world. It feels like they are in the 50s when women we are expected to stay at home and take care of the family through chores while the man would provide through finances. The mother is constantly teaching her daughter how to take care of a man by using the young girl’s father as an example. She has her daughter iron her father’s clothes and shows her how to properly wash them.

3582e83a4b791c80793ed422717242e1I feel the mother is trying her best to teach her daughter all she will need to know. During that time period, women could stay at home for the majority of their day without needing extensive education in the various fields. I think her mother wanted her to find a man that could support a family, and being able to do chores was the common way to obtain such a man. In today’s world, we would be offended by the amount of work we are expected to do when we can also provide for our families financially. As time has progressed woman have become significant pieces of society and use their education to further the human development through various aspects. It is quite interesting to see how far we have come as people in general and that through time most ignorant practices are left in the past. Eventually, we may come to see a future with equal rights and benefits.

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