hat the world would be like without her mother with her. Annie and her mother did a lot of things together and have a very close relationship. On a particular day, Annie and her mother wanted to buy clothes. Then, Annie saw an outfit she liked so she told her mother to buy it with the intention that her mother was going to buy the same one for herself. Annie’s mother replied to her saying, “You can’t go around the rest of your life looking like a little me” (Kincaid 26). Annie was in shock hearing this and she “felt the earth swept away from under [her] …” (Kincaid 26). This responses shows how the daughters will feel when their mothers tell them it is time for them to change. Two studies, Flax in 1978 and Fisher in 1986, show that during this stage of adolescence daughters often have negative attitudes toward their mother (Frances). In the novel, Annie plays marbles and has a friend her mother disapproves of (Kincaid). In the real world, teenage daughters wouldn’t follow their mother’s rules, take drug or alcohol, and even have less concentration in school. With all these problems the relationship between the mother and daughter will not always be on a smooth terms as it was when they did things together. Research shows that daughters have to let go and begin to do things in their own way and know what the world is like in order for them to gain their own identities (Chesapeake Health). Even though it is good for the daughter to separate from the mother, it still greatly affects her physically and psychologically. In a situation where the daughters do a lot of things with their mothers from birth, it will be a break down for her now that her mother told her she has to find her own way of life. Adolescence is a stage of depression for the daughter and she needs all the help she can for her to get through it. Many daughters are not ready to go through all th...
