... on her son's future. She gets him out of there on a scholarship to study drugs. In the novel Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid, Annie befriends two girls who are very different in character and appearance. Gwen is much like Annie and complies with her mother's every wish. The Red Girl is completely different" dirty and tomboyish. Both characters though ... Her habits unladylike. She hardly bathes or changes her clothing. And even though this is so, Annie admires her. Annie defies her mother because of the Red Girl by being friends with her even though her mother forbade it. The first day Ann...

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• Grade Level: High School