"Since Xuela never knew her mother, and since her father is a distant figure in her life, her efforts to tell her mother's story require her to tell her own story, beginning with her father depositing her to be cared for by his laundress, as if she were another bundle of dirty clothes. The laundress has no more warmth for Xuela than she has for her own children." One of Kincaid's premises within the novel: When a child faces a constant battle for survival, when can she make time for loving relationships...?
Since the novel is based in 1st person, the narrator is forbidden to be focused on. However, you can make any other character the focus. That means any character other than the narrator experiences the acceptable issue(s). Any paper that focuses on the narrator receives automatic fail to produce. Any paper that focuses on issues is that not a part of the main issues notes receives and automatic fail to produce.