Annie
Normally, parents would always try to give their children an affectionate upbringing. But sometimes they find it difficult to guide their children through the complex process of growing up, and so, they may fail to help their offspring during adolescence, for instance. This seems to be the situation in the story 'Annie John' by Jamaica Kincaid. Annie's mother was a doting parent who cared fondly for her daughter. However, she made Annie's first steps into adolescence unnecessarily abrupt, painful and unsettling for she became suddenly detached, refused to spend time with her daughter and started to disapprove of Annie. Undoubtedly, Annie John's mother was a very devoted parent: she showed great love for her daughter and paid a lot of attention to Annie. Many times, both, mother and daughter took baths together. In doing so, Annie's mother bathed affectionately different parts of Annie's body. She also included Annie in everything: she did the shoppin
However, in seeing that her daughter was on the verge of becoming a young lady, Annie's mother became suddenly detached. Probably she wanted Annie to be less dependent on her, but in doing so, she disconcerted her daughter: she unexpectedly asserted that Annie was too old to wear dresses made out of the same cloth as her. She said, "It's time you had your own clothes. You just cannot go around the rest of your life looking like a little me". Moreover, she unreasonably claimed that there was no time to clean her daughter's trunk anymore. This was also very sad for Annie because her mother would no longer tell her stories in the way she used to. Definitely, this abrupt change in her mother's attitude unsettled Annie and caused her great pain. g, prepared lunch and supper and made the washing in the company of her daughter. Both were so attached to each other that Mrs. John even made sure Annie's dresses were made out of the same cloth as hers. Moreover, she tenderly told
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Approximate Word count = 658
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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