"GIRL" by jamaica kincaid - what does the last line mean? English help?

Question

you mean to say that after all you are really going to be the kind of woman who the baker wont let near the bread?

Im a bit baffled on this short story

I get that the setting is a mothers intructions to a daughter - are these instructions during an entire raising time period? or is it in a matter of days...

any help on this story would be appreciated

Answer 1

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After reading it I think it is a mother explaining to her daughter her disapproval of her daughters actions. She thinks her daughter is going to become a slut and is trying to talk her out of it. When the girl questions what if the baker won't let you squeeze the bread the mother is basically telling her that it is because she has become a slut and that she is dirty and so not to be near the bread.