In Passage I, June Jordan uses the daughter’s point of view to expose the deep thoughts of a relationship. The daughter was not close with her mother, which is explained in line 35 with “it was not there, in the kitchen, that I began, really, to love you.” The word “began” shows that the daughter did not really love or have affection for her mother until a later point in her life. In line 42, the daughter also shows a secretive r

elationship where she doesn’t think herself “good enough” to be her mother’s daughter in, “I would, one day, prove myself to be, in fact, your daughter.” She believes before that point that she hasn’t lived up to her “mother’s image” in being a good daughter. All throughout the poem, the daughter describes the life and daily work of the mother in the household. She discovers on her own, the dreams and goals her mother had growing up, through looking at a variety of pictures and examining the emotions of her mother. The theme of this passage is that not all mother-daughter relationships are the same. Some relationships are close and others are not. The passage is told in first person point of view through the daughter. Through her perspective, they do not have a close relationship. Later on in life, the daughter finally loves and understands the relationship she has with her mother. Passage I showed how the mother and daughter were not close for an early period of the daughter’s life.

As clearly as one can see, mother-daughter relationships are characterized by their love and affection. Carol Saline of Passage II shows both upsides and downsides

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