In the memoir, Brown Girl Dreaming by Jaqueline Woodson, a theme is dreams are achievable despite obstacles.Throughout the book, Jackie shows an interest in storytelling, and achieving her dream of becoming a writer. The first example of dreams can be shown when Jackie explains how she struggles when reading in class. She goes at a much slower pace than everyone else, and by the time she is done reading the class has already moved on to something else. In Woodsons poem, “gifted,” Jackie states that, “I am not gifted. When I read, the words twist/ twirl across the page/ When they settle, it is too late/ The class has already moved on (Woodson 169). This quote shows Jackie's struggles by using personification to describe how she has a hard time