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   "Girl" is a unique piece of literature. It is a story, but there is no setting, description, or exposition. Characters are not named or identified. It is not a play or a poem, but there is essentially one long speech, a monolog, with two interruptions. The point of view is first person narrator in that almost all of the story comes to the reader as the voice of the mother speaking to her daughter. Only twice does the daughter's voice break in to make brief comments. She is merely the listener to whom the mother speaks. By the end of the story, however, the reader has a clear understanding of the mother's harsh character and sympathy for the daughter who must suffer through her mother's instructions and frequently cruel observations.

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   Posted by mshurn on Monday February 2, 2009 at 2:18 AM