Girl Reflection

Diego J. Gonzalez

Prof. Cynthia Pittman

Class: English 3103-134

Date: 26 December 2017

Girl: Reflection

The story does not include any names for the characters, but we can assume that the person who is being spoken to is a girl as the speaker makes references to how a girl should behave. A phrase that is constantly repeated in the story is “the slut you are bent on becoming” this can give us an idea that the speaker of the story is concerned about the appearance of the girl she is speaking to. Throughout the story the main point or topic is what this girl is suppose to do in her life and how to do it she is very strict in her instructions and orders them to be followed. In some parts of the story the girl speaks answering to the person who is giving these instructions but she never addresses her directly and is almost as if she was ignoring her to some point, the only moment in which the speaker directly speaks to the girl is at the very end of the story when she is asked what type of women she is going  to be.

What I can say about this story is that I believe that it is not from present times and that the girl who is being spoken to could be being prepared for Sunday school and that is why she is being given all these instructions as this could be her first encounter with the outside world. The concern for her not to look like a slut is could be to cause a good first impression on those that she will be meeting with in this new stage of her life. The way that the girls replies to the speaker is a very shy tone in fact she barely responds at all as if she was not allowed to speak these are sings of a very strict household and it has had an effect on the girl.