Essay Question: Jamaica Kincaid, Gish Jen, and Edwidge Danticat create short stories that explore characters, conversations, plots, settings, and themes about traditional and non-traditional American society. What is the American society that they create? What kind of social and cultural messages are they sending about America through their stories? Support your ideas from the text and from the critical theories.
Texts: “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, “New York Day Women” by Edwidge Danticat, and “In the American Society” by Gish Jen
