my mother by jamaica kincaid.

1. what are some of the powers that possesses,noted in the two paragraph?
2. what do the monstrous,reptilian transformations of mother and daughter in paragraph 3 and 4 signify? At what stage of the daughter's development might such a transmogrification have occurred?
3.what stages do mother and daughter go through in their "evolution"? what could considered the turning point in their relationship-bearing in mind that a "turning point"typically involves a decision that leads to the resolution of a story.
4.what images in the final paragraph of the story suggest that it is indeed"final stage of [their-or mostly,the daughter's?] what does the narrator seem to imply will be the future of mother and daughter,and