literary analysis
...other or lived in a city. The environment that she lives in, gives her the opportunity to experience a life, which normally is frowned upon because she is a female. The girl is raised in a society that teaches her that boys and girls play certain rolls. For example, women’s duties are to tend to the house and family, by cooking and cleaning. A man's duty is to tend to the yard and bring in the money. Society is very judgmental, more then it is now “Like to have you meet my new hired man,”“Could have fooled me,” said the sales man ”I thought it was only a girl.” The girl is quickly put into her rightful position when she slips up “she’s only a girl” he said. This hurts her, after all the hard work she put in. Her father stereotypes her anyways. “I didn’t protest that, even in my heart. Maybe it was true.” She is raised in a society that tells her constantly how girls are supposed to act and how they’re different from boys. The girl starts to believe this. Family has a big part in shaping the girl. For example, the parents push their traditions on her. The parents contradict themselves, they tell her where her place is “girls don’t slam doors like that” “girls keep their knees together when they sit down” but they still let her ...