Thanks girl now I have to write a essay thanks so much

@asucenaleon545

Жыл бұрын

😂😂 right

who here for school?

@chrismac826

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao yup

@planeegg_1763

3 жыл бұрын

@Ceren Akkaya dude i had this bs last semester man. so fuckin dumb

@devattack3816

3 жыл бұрын

yessir

@alexiscam9996

3 жыл бұрын

I hate it here

@moosemouse1049

3 жыл бұрын

I is here fot school also well

I love the way Jamaica reads "Girl" you can tell it is personal for her. The changes in her tone are my favorite part. I very much enjoy this short story.

sometimes, Laughing is not a sign of mockery. Here it is a sign of a common understanding of the irony this mother's words. And the author intend for humor too.

@ramj0y

3 жыл бұрын

Irony? I don't read this as irony so much so as Kincaid's lament over the violence of patriarchal colonial desires

@jessicathinks8379

3 жыл бұрын

@@ramj0y Omg. Give me a break. I am from Antigua as is Jamaica and know exactly what she's talking about down to the foods she called out which you probably never even ate. I laughed... because it's relatable. It's how we sometimes deal with things we find to be awkwardly true and laugh to release that tension. Try and understand people before trying to judge.

@zariawebb-atkinson1976

3 жыл бұрын

@@jessicathinks8379 you do realize that with poetry, people are allowed to interpret it in different ways? That's the whole purpose of writing; people can relate or comprehend it in a way they believe makes sense.

@na5567

3 жыл бұрын

@@zariawebb-atkinson1976 Not exactly, while you're partially correct, people are also supposed to understand how that relates to the author and try to get their perspective, especially if they're going to judge others for laughing at something made to be funny.

@zariawebb-atkinson1976

3 жыл бұрын

@@na5567 you're allowed to have your own reactions..that isn't dictated by an author. Regardless of how they acknowledged how the author may have perceived their writing it doesnt prohibit them on having their own understanding

Every girl is raised with different variations of the same behavioral conditioning.

Love her! I can listen to her all day, it’s like my Grandma reading a bed time story

she is a genius and inspiration to writers and artists of all kind. This piece is amazing and so much deeper than just what initially meets the eye.

The discussion being had about the audience laughing I think is being taken a little too seriously. Art has always been an expression of the artist, followed by a reaction or interpretation of the beholder. She may have had a hard life to which she is referencing, and perhaps those in the audience can share those feelings or experiences. I am sure we all have experiences that we look back on and say "that wasn't good," but we are capable of laughing at it. I say, don't get too worked up. She's a talented writer and is able to connect with the audience in a positive way.

Just now discovering Jamaica Kincaid and I instantly fell in love with her work. This short story "Girl", I discovered it from Veronica Chambers in Glory Edim's book Well Read Black girl. Love it!

she is incredible... a few words and you are totally into her stories

Such a masterpiece by Kincaid!

This was first published in 1978. Likely laughing was an uncomfortable type of laugh and possibly because it was a different time back then.

Similar type of flow to "A Small Place," and also a masterpiece...

That was brilliant.

Am I the only one who isn't laughing because I am extremely confused?

Thank you for the assignment, "Girl".

Absolutely astonishing and beautiful tone, and the elaborate variation to convey the meaning of this short story is marvelous!

@sky_sky4172

6 жыл бұрын

Ditto.... @Brady Compaan

this is so real

I'm hella shooketh

Wondering why the people are laughing...

@muadabdi888

3 жыл бұрын

Its a form of showing how they are relating to what she is saying.

🫶🏽 since i was 16. ❤

Omg Very Incredible.

All this for a loaf of bread

Nice.

How to throw a child away before it even becomes a child

@beansummoner21

3 жыл бұрын

Hol up

@devattack3816

3 жыл бұрын

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

@vladthe_cat

3 жыл бұрын

"Yeet the child"

Si ves esto y sos del Brighton sos un capo xd

@ornellarodriguezeleicegui6303

4 жыл бұрын

Equisde xd

@nicolaspettigrew3694

4 жыл бұрын

Equisde ×2

pretty accent

I don't see any irony in her mother's words. I see predestination which is very sad.

@sharayabutterfly3410

2 жыл бұрын

You are culturally incompetent

The parts where the people are laughing disturbs me because these are actual things young girls are told........I'm glad they find it funny........I don't

@michelinmaan9410

6 жыл бұрын

FTFY - Brown and black tragedy is white comedy.

@zechariahkeith2300

6 жыл бұрын

That's dark, sad, and unfortunetly somewhat accurate.

@zechariahkeith2300

6 жыл бұрын

+savannah w The laughter isn't because the things that are horrible are funny to them, it's because they're wrong, and laughter is a way to deal with it + things that we understand as blatantly wrong are sometimes funny to us humans.

@zechariahkeith2300

6 жыл бұрын

+savannah w like farting at a funeral. The fart itself isn't funny, it just stinks. Whats funny is the juxtaposition between the loud obnoxious stinky thing, inturrupting something somber and serious unceremoniously.

@luciacecilia

5 жыл бұрын

IKR. It felt so weird to listen to this with laughter in the background... I'd like to think they laugh cuz they're nervous. We def did not laugh while reading this in my Literature class.

Me😂😂

the sound is not good I am quite disappointed

Soy solo un pobre niño latinoamericano que tiene un profesor de literatura inglesa que lo obliga a mirar cosas que no entiende ni le importa, por favor, sáqueme de Latinoamérica.

Anyone here from "Girlhood' by Melissa Febos?

Here from mr trager 😳

2:34 Is that Robin Williams?

@ashley3392

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh

if people who laughed knew that they suffered this and some women suffer, they would not laugh

@michaelzhang2626

4 жыл бұрын

A laugh can be recognizing how funny it was that this was normal back then.

@jcyoung5854

4 жыл бұрын

They do know, that's why there laughing. It's a laugh of understanding. Like how people make jokes about real stories that are relatable it's no different

@draco4569

Жыл бұрын

@@jcyoung5854 I'm more prone to laughing at someone if they experience some mild misfortune that I myself have gone though because it's partly out of empathy and understanding. If it's something traumatizing I wouldn't dare.

Who is here from iben zoher university 😁

Jaja, se parece a un personaje de Soul. Haha, she look like a Soul character.

the crowd was not the vibe

@glossykisses

7 ай бұрын

right? acting like controlling a young lady like a puppet was funny at all

@bruhhh2150

3 ай бұрын

@@glossykisses i think is because they can relate to it. Sometimes people laugh to deal with reality.

Donda

@reeeeneeustaquio374

2 жыл бұрын

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notice how only the men are laughing

@nicolaspettigrew3694

4 жыл бұрын

Im sorry but i listen women laughing

@nicolaspettigrew3694

4 жыл бұрын

Men too

@jcyoung5854

4 жыл бұрын

Notice how you didn't notice that women where laughing

Why do people laugh?

@microvuette

2 жыл бұрын

because some parts are funny

I'm sure you're all great critics of Islam.

So we just gonna forget that she just said this is how to abort a child?

Those chuckleheads laughing made me sick.

How to be a lady and a good wife.