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In the process of self-actualization, Erickson would say, every girl has to overcome her upbringing to become an individual. Jamaica Kincaid’s character Lucy makes the break dramatic beyond typical rebellion. Lucy suffers anarchy against the role of woman in society, and in particular, the expected role of mother. Because Lucy must leave behind this traditional role, she uses hate for her mother to prevent a return to or desire for traditional roles so that she has the chance to change and grow individually outside of constraints suffered by women. 1 work cited. jvKinLuc.rtf
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makes the break dramatic beyond typical rebellion. Lucy suffers anarchy against the role of woman in society, and in particular, the expected role of mother. THESIS STATEMENT: Because Lucy must
leave behind this traditional role, she uses hate for her mother to prevent a return to or desire for traditional roles so that she has the chance to change and
grow individually outside of constraints suffered by women. PRO Lucys hatred of her mother
can be viewed from the beginning when Lucy says she had come to see the mother that loved her as a burden, and as someone whom she hated so much
she would be happy to see her laying "dead at her feet" (Lucy 7). Lucys particular hatred for her mother is expressed against what her mother represents and what her
mother views as the only role for her daughter. That role is of the slave that follows her master according to the colonial plan of patriarchy and marriage.
When Lucy discovers this is her mothers plan, to prepare her to serve a man, she hates her mother for not caring about or
even "seeing" that in marrying a man, Lucy would not be happy (81). Lucy understands then that her mother is only concerned with Lucys availability to marry and serve men
as she must in a male-centered world. Lucy does not see this as a viable lifestyle for her or any woman. In the process of traditional socialization, the mother betrays
her daughter and denies her right to become an individual. The student will note that, for this reason, Lucys hatred is complex.
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