Jamaica Kincaid's short story "Girl" is technically a list of (c) rules.
Jamaica Kincaid's short story "Girl" is a story written in a single sentence. It can also be regarded as a conversation or more like a one-sided lecture by a mother to her daughter.
- In the one-sentence story, the mother or more authoritative voice tells the girl to follow certain 'rules'.
- These 'rules' cover what to wear, how to talk, what to sing, when to sing, how to shop, how to cook, how to walk, etc.
- These 'rules' cover everything from cooking to sewing to behaving in public to planting crops. In short, it covers everything from housework to farming to behaving.
- All these "rules" are to make her more ladylike and ready for the future.
Kincaid's short story gives an insight into how the young girl was 'taught' how to be a good housewife when her time comes. Through the conversation between the mother-daughter duo, the story presents a list of rules that the girl must follow and remember to make her better. Thus, the correct answer is option c.
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