Kincaid's The Estrangement
The significance of Kincaid’s title “The Estrangement” is to describe her deteriorating relationship with her mother. In the story, Kincaid explains how she stopped talking to her mother a few years before she died because she always made her feel like her accomplishments weren't good enough. Estrangement is the fact of no longer being on friendly terms or part of a social group and during the story Kincaid looked at her mother as a hero; but eventually developed resentment.For example, in the first sentence of the essay Kincaid said “ three years before my mother died, I decided not to speak to her again”.
I think Kincaid’s essay does not have a thesis or claim; the entire story contradicts itself. In the beginning of the essay she talks
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Character Analysis: A Separate Peace By John Knowles
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Character Growth In A Separate Peace By John Knowles
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Summary Of The Peculiar Institution
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Analysis Of Finny And Gene's Friendship In A Separate Peace By John Knowles
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Obstacles In The Scarlet Ibis By James Hurst
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A Midwife's Tale Summary
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Sugar In The Blood Summary
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On Seeing England For The First Time Rhetorical Analysis
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