She grew up never understanding what was going on around her, but as she grew older she understood the bad things that were happening around her. Scout grew up in a very racist town, surrounded by racists every day she had to know what was right and what was wrong. “There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn’t be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black man’s, the white man always wins. They’re ugly, but those are the facts of life”(Lee 330).
For instance, Arnetta, who the girls follow and give their attention to, gets away with saying and doing things because she listened “to Mrs.Margolin’s religious talk and [gave] her what she wanted to hear” when she asked questions (178). Mrs.Margolin was their troop leader who saw her position “as an evangelical post” (178). Arnetta had once gotten away with killing “the troop goldfish by feeding it” a french fry and claiming to Mrs.Margolin it had snatched the fry out of her fingers (178). She had also started the “Caucasian” joke, a month before camp, which was used when someone did anything wrong. For example, jumping off the swing midair and landing on knees instead of feet was followed by a “solemn horror Caucasian” (179).
The short story "Brownies"(1999) by ZZ (Zuwena) Packer, takes place at a summer camp (Camp Crescendo) close to the south rural areas of Atlanta, Georgia. An arrangement is created when the African American Brownie troop learns and trusts that one of the fourth-graders from the white troop insulted them with a deprecatory racial slur. They proceed to challenge the white troop to a fight inside a bathroom only to learn a valuable lesson. The central idea of “Brownies” is that racism is not confined just to adults; it can also be found in young children. The two main literacy elements are language using irony and conflict.
It all began with nine young-adult boys on a train, searching for work in the cities around them. Bumming on the same train were two young women, Ruby Bates and Victoria Price- lower class girls from poor families, also looking for work. After getting into a fight, the boys found police waiting for them upon arrival. Little did they know, they were about to begin an uphill battle for their lives, freedom, and justice. Price and Bates didn’t hesitate to accuse the boys, knowing it was an easy story to convince an all white jury of.
the author was beaten while ill and didn’t want to go to mass, a required function 7. her classroom was beside the principals office and she could here the boys being beaten racism breeds racism in reverse. 8. the girls were fed a very poor diet while the nuns ate good food, and the sleeping quarters were not warmed during the winter
2 Questions of “Brownies” 1. In the short story, “Brownies,” I would describe the narrator, whose name is Laurel, as a shy and timid girl, questioning the way people act. Most of the girls in her group do not take a liking to her, for she says, “[They] already decided their course of action, me being the only impediment” (Packer 847). Moreover, the narrator is very smart because she is skeptical, for she is the only one who questions the girls if they, in fact, heard troop 909 call one of the girls a nigger.
The plot of the short story, “Brownies”, by ZZ Packer, is of a troop of young girl scouts who are of African American descent. The story depicts them attempting to brawl with another group due to the “brownie” troop assuming another called them a particular insult. Whether the other troop, Troop 909, in called the others a racial slur is left to ambiguity, although it is strongly suggested that they did not in fact refer to them in an invective manner. When the other troop is confronted about it, it is discovered that Troop 909 simply consisted of mentally disabled girls all in one group. Due to this, it is only fitting that the theme of the story was to indicate individuals with disadvantages in life should rejoice and unify rather than combat
Literary Analysis Essay William Howard The short story that I chose for my literary analysis essay is “Brownies” By ZZ Packer. This fictional short story had a powerful meaning because it focused on how racial stereotyping can cause a lot of problems even among young girls who were attending a Girl Scouts camp. “Brownies” also showed how stereotyping can actually be harmful and can sometimes lead to hurtful consequences for the person who is the victim of it and for the person is guilty of stereotyping someone. I decided to do my analysis of this short story using the historical context element because of the long history of problems between the Black and White races in this country according to our history books, including
Brownies "is a story about ZZ Packer, a young African-American writer, based on racism The story tells the story of a Brownie troop of fourth-grade African-American girls from suburban Atlanta, Georgia. They go to the summer camp and meet a group of white girls in the camp and believe that one of the white girls has sent them a racial insult. But the Black girls hated white girls when they first saw them and called them "Chihuahuas." Therefore, Arnetta, one of the black girls who says she heard one of the white girls call Daphne a "negro" The African-American girls decide to beat the white girls. The first notable fact in the history; is that Brownie's troops at the summer camp appear to be all-white or all-black.
At the beginning of the story, all the girls are still “little children” and innocent. This all changes when one of the white girls from troop 909 calls one of the black girls a nigger. When the black girls heard of this, they decided to seek revenge on the white girls. When the troop
A pressing, socio-economic issue seen prevelantly in today’s society is racism. The term has been used for a long time, but has still found its way to stay in the current vocabulary of people in the twenty-first century. The timeless occurence of racism in society has been documented in a piece of literature that enables the horrors of this foulness to forever be known. “Brownies” by ZZ Packer made its way to the shelves in 2003 and has left many in awe of the in-depth perception of how people of the black race were mistreated. The story starts off when a group of black girls were mistreated by a group of white girls at a retreat known as Camp Crescendo (Packer 1).
In the book “Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry” by Mildred Taylor, it is about a black family living in Mississippi in 1933. The main character Cassie is 9 years old and is starting to discover how she gets treated, and also how she is supposed to treat other people. In chapter 5, Cassie shows her innocence to racism and is starting to realize that she isn’t treated fairly. Big Ma brings Cassie, her older brother Stacey, and Stacey’s friend, T.J., to Strawberry, Mississippi. In Strawberry, There are many examples where Cassie makes “mistakes”, which shows how innocent Cassie is to racism.
In this short story the Brownie troops at the summer camp appear either all black or all white, no mixed troop is present. This displays the constant segregation occurring and the influence it has on young children who are vulnerable to a racially segregated environment causing them to portray themselves a certain way. The black girls have little knowledge of people different than them, “When you lived in the south suburbs of Atlanta, it was easy to forget about whites. Whites were like those baby pigeons: real and existing, but rarely seen or thought about” (pg. 5), because of these girls have little contact with one another and the black girls are extremely conscious of the differences they posses. The feeling of differences comes from the world around them, what they hear and see affect their opinions tremendously.
By criticizing her “girliness” he was essentially telling her she was incapable of participating, and Scout was even more fired up to prove the boys wrong. Scout attempted to break this mold by “fitting in” right along the boys, and having fun. The story line elucidates how women were treated as second class citizens, during this period of time. In conclusion, the book depicts race and ethnicity as enormous issues that impact our society.
Lakes and reservoirs all around California have vastly receded for the past three years. The attention and concern for California’s waters have reached an all time high as more than 80% of the state now suffer from the highest stages of drought (Noyes, Katherine). This water shortage has slowly worsened due to relatively high temperatures, the lack of precipitation, and high water consumption by citizens, businesses, and most specifically, farmers. The water crisis heavily impacted the state’s booming agriculture, along with its ecosystems causing a war over water to surface. To solve the state’s water shortage, efforts to increase water efficiency from the public must be established through incentives and regulations, whilst preserving and
