I feel that the conversation taking place is between a mother and her daughter. I assume this because the mother is telling her daughter how to iron her fathers khaki shirt and khaki pants. The mother acts as a authoritarian figure as he keeps telling her daughter how she likes things to be done . It could be said that the mother could be giving advice to her daughter that she would need in her life . The mother is also protective of her daughter as she tells her not to speak to wharf – rat boys and she also tells her the proper way to dress so she doesn’t look like a slut. The mother in this narrative could also be a step mother as in many stories, step mothers are almost always portrayed as an authoritarian figure and don’t really like their step children. It could also be possible that the mother could have been preparing her daughter with the notion that she will be a housewife in the future and not a working woman. She keep explaining to her daughter on how to do basic household chores such as sweeping the whole house , cooking pumpkin fritters and washing and drying cloths rather than giving her advice on what she could do with her life in the future. The mother wants to make sure that she makes a good impression on others as she explains to her how to smile in front of someone you like completely , how t smile in front of someone you don’t like very much and how to smile in front of someone you don’t like at all. The mother Is also preparing her daughter for the hard ships she herself could have gone through such as heartbreak and also in case of unwanted pregnancies ,how to abort a child. The daughter very rarely gets a say in matters concerning her own life. The information that the mother is giving her is not for that day but for the rest of her life. The assumption that the daughter would be frustrated is an under statement as the mother is very commanding . The mother also wants her daughter not concentrate on her studies and she tells her not to sing benna in Sunday school. The information that the mother is giving are less advice and more like guidelines on how to