In the short story, “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid the female authority figure’s advice will result in the girl living an unhappy life. When talking to the young girl the narrator’s voice does not sound so kind. It sounds as if she is taking all of her anger out on the girl. It is very easy to tell that the female is not a good mentor for the young lady. One example of this, “this is how you throw away a child before it even becomes a child.” (Kincaid, 70) When the narrator says this it implies that she has had an or many illicit relationships with other men. The narrator says over and over again about how the girl wants to live to be a “slut.” The girl does not speak very much throughout the story, but when the narrator scolds her daughter and