Mother Daughter By Edward P Jones Analysis

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Edward P. Jones does a great job showing the struggles of a mother daughter relationship in this passage. He shows the dynamic of a family who struggles because it is a single-parent family home. I liked this short story because I can relate to it on a personal level. When reading the beginning of the passage an asked myself a question. Why is the narrator ashamed of her Mother? Many ideas come to mind but I cannot understand how one can be ashamed of their Mother.
I feel the little girl is too young to be feel ashamed of her Mom. Her mother, which is clearly shown in the text is determined and wants the best for her daughter. You can tell how much she really wants her daughter to go to the school in front of Mt. Carmel Baptist when she says