Short Story Review: “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid

Open the attached to read the following short stories. These stories are found in our course textbook Backpack Literature but I wanted to give everyone a chance to keep up with the reading in case have not purchased the textbook yet. It's important that you have the textbook by week two since all of the assignments are connected to what you'll read in this book. All short stories in this book can be found online, however, as they are in the public domain. The textbook contains important information about how to analyze and write about literature as well as the stories and poems we'll read in this course, so you will be unable to complete the course successfully without having this book. In the meantime, read the following stories and respond to the questions below.
Short stories from online AP Clean Well Story of an Hour Girl-1.pdf
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Stories:
"A & P" by John Updike
"A Clean Well-Lighted Place" by Ernest Hemingway
"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
"Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid
Response questions:
1. Select one of the stories and provide a plot summary in your own words. A plot summary is basically what happens in the story, not an analysis of what the story is really about (the theme.) Try to keep your plot summary to a paragraph of 5 to 7 sentences.
2. Based on the story you selected in question #1, try to articulate what you think the story is really about. In other words, what is he story's central idea? What is significant about it? Is there something going on beneath the surface that is being suggested? Use your imagination and don't be afraid to go out on a limb with your interpretation. Try to do this in at least 3 to 5 sentences.