When a mother speaks to her daughter in the tone used in the
narrative “Girl”, it means the mother is mentoring and tutoring the girl into
becoming a woman. The daughter is at the age where she is going to begin doing
things on her own, have an interest in men, and have a sense of responsibilities.
This is the right time for her mother to start teaching her how to behave like
a woman. The daughter’s mother has the
urge to teach all she knows about being a woman, because, if she does not the
daughter will learn on her own in the streets. The mother is putting pressure
into all these rules and duties so that her daughter is accepted into society
and it could be seen that the tone of the mother is strict but also worried,
worried for her daughter to turn out right in the eyes of society. It is also
the mother’s responsibility to teach her daughter how to act accordingly, if
the mother fails at this society looks down on her too.
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