Girl | Summary

The story begins abruptly with words spoken by an unidentified voice. ‘‘Wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap; wash the color clothes on Tuesday and put them on the clothesline to dry; don't walk barehead in the hot sun ...’’ The voice continues offering instructions about how a woman should do her chores, and then about how she should behave: "On Sundays try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are bent on becoming.'' At the end of the first third of the story, another voice, signaled by italics, responds, ‘‘but I don't sing benna on...

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