Waiting for Her

I denne study guide kan du få hjælp til at analysere novellen "Waiting for Her" af Amina Henry. Udover analysehjælp kan du finde et summary af teksten, samt få inspiration til fortolkning og perspektivering.

Præsentation af teksten

Titel: “Waiting for Her” (2000)
Forfatter: Amina Henry
Genre: Short story

Amina Henry er amerikansk forfatter. Hun er uddannet på Yale University og har produceret flere skuespil i New York, hvor hun også er bosat. Novellen "Waiting for Her" er udgivet på online-platformen East of the Web.

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Title

The title of the short story – “Waiting for Her”— is intriguing and hints at the main narrative events. The story follows a girl the day and a few hours before her drug-addict mother will be released from prison, after 12 years in which the narrator was brought up by her grandmother: “Mama is coming home after twelve years.” (l. 17)

At a deeper level, the title hints at the narrator’s frustrations with the fact that she grew up without her mother’s presence and love:

Because I have this fantasy about who my mother should be, what kind of woman, and the real one doesn't match up with the one who tucks me in at night, washes my hair, gives me hugs that last for days… (ll. 162-165)

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Engelsk

Short story analysis

I denne vejledning får du Studienets hjælp til at analysere noveller (short stories) i engelsk.