How Annie John Disrupts the Norms of Gender and Sexuality in Search of Freedom

In this essay, the author looks at the story Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid through the lens of gender and social norms. The essay explores how Annie's sexuality goes against social and colonial norms to express her freedom by looking at the characters of Annie John, Gwen, "The Red Girl," and Annie's mother. The student also compares and contrasts the relationship between Annie and her mother through the lens of opportunity versus tradition.

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"This essay does a great job exploring many different ideas and themes in a coherent and logical manner. Your introduction provides a solid overview of the topics you'll cover, but you could use a unifying thesis statement that really focuses your argument overall. The evidence from outside sources and the text is good, but sometimes the quotes you use are quite long. If you can, try to paraphrase or shorten quotes longer than four lines, and if the quotes are still longer than four lines, be sure that you're using a block quote per MLA formatting guidelines. Make sure that your periods go on the inside of the quotation marks, and that you clear up remaining grammar and punctuation errors throughout the document. This can be accomplished with a round of proofreading."

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Kibin. (2025). How annie john disrupts the norms of gender and sexuality in search of freedom. http://www.kibin.com/essay-examples/disrupting-the-norms-of-gender-sexuality-and-the-cost-of-freedom-4Y1R8Krx

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("How Annie John Disrupts the Norms of Gender and Sexuality in Search of Freedom.")

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"How Annie John Disrupts the Norms of Gender and Sexuality in Search of Freedom." Kibin, 2025, www.kibin.com/essay-examples/disrupting-the-norms-of-gender-sexuality-and-the-cost-of-freedom-4Y1R8Krx

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"How Annie John Disrupts the Norms of Gender and Sexuality in Search of Freedom." Kibin, 2025. http://www.kibin.com/essay-examples/disrupting-the-norms-of-gender-sexuality-and-the-cost-of-freedom-4Y1R8Krx.