Analysis Of Drenched In Light By Zora Neala Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston and Jamaica Kincaid, both black women writers, give advice to their potential readers. Each writer comes from a different background and time period, yet both writers offer advice for every woman who reads their stories. The stories â€Å"Drenched in Light† by Hurston and â€Å"Girl† by Kincaid provides advice for the woman who needs to understand how to behave and protect her reputation. The reason for this article is to think about mother/daughter connections in Jamaica Kincaid’s â€Å"girl† Zora Neale Hurston’s â€Å"drenched In Light,† and Alice Walker’s â€Å"everyday use† through a Womanist hypothetical focal point with respect to personality, portrayals in the public arena, and reason. Zora Neal Hurston’s famous story â€Å"Drenched in†¦show more content†¦In Zora Neale Hurston’s â€Å"drenched in Light,† Alice Walker’s â€Å"everyday use,† and Jamaica Kincai d’s â€Å"Girl,† each of the three moms are managing issues with respect to their little girls’ personalities. For instance, Grandma Potts dislikes her granddaughter, Isis striking trademark attributes, which are womanist, thus she is exceptionally strict on her granddaughter. This is particularly evident when Grandma Potts says that she will beat her granddaughter for setting out to shave her bristles from her jaw while she was resting. Similarly, in Jamaica Kincaid’s Girl, the mother is so stressed over her little girl’s character that she gives a long address to the little girl while continually alluding to her as a prostitute with a specific end goal to keep away from her girl being marked in that capacity in the public eye. Moreover, in Alice Walker’s â€Å"Everyday Use,† the mother likewise tries to stretch the significance of personality to her girls by showing that their way of life should be showed off prideful by utilizing t he knit on a regular premise. Throughout time mother/daughter relationships have been tattered as woman’s liberation has taken place. Many mothers have the â€Å"old fashioned† opinion about what a woman should be. The short story â€Å"Girl†, by Jamaica Kincaid, is a prime example of this relationship. The theme in â€Å"Girl† strongly suggests that a woman should be domestic and there is a certain way that she