Girl

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What is the irony in "Girl,"  by Jamaica Kincaid?

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The story is ironic because Jamaica Kincaid writes from a mother's perspective giving her daughter information on how she is to live her life.  The daughter rejects the information as being too...

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Posted by pmiranda2857 on June 10, 2008 at 8:41 AM

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