What's a good analysis of the short story Girl by Jamaica Kincaid? How could I create a good thesis statement for an essay based on this...

is a
short story written as one long sentence, a series of rules given from an authority figure €“
most likely a mother €“ to a girl at a transitional age about how to be a proper lady.  The girl
interjects only twice, and is both times dismissed.  There are a couple themes you could work
with here for your analysis €“ first and foremost, there is the seemingly interminable amount of
expectations for young women €“ especially those from traditional families €“ to conform to a
certain feminine ideal.  There is also the implication of a certain flaunted promiscuity among
young generations (an attitude adopted from the beginning of time by older generations toward
the youth of the day) and the negative attitudes toward female sexuality.

The first of these themes is symbolized most immediately by the form of the story itself.  By
framing the narrative as a long list of instructions Kincaid is emphasizing how overwhelming
these expectations can be for a young woman, and...