It's well written and definitely qualifies as a modern classic that deals with how the ills of society are present in children. So why the relatively low rating Fangirl? Excellent question. This story is smart and insightful and worth reading but it's not particularly enjoyable and I didn't find myself sinking into the story. This is probably just a restriction given the length and how the author worked within it.
I probably would've given a longer work that grew out of this story a higher rating. Apr 15, Megan Yu rated it it was amazing Shelves: shorts. Read this for a class but wow. This hit hard. It's hard to read this and not be absorbed by memories of just how cruel children can be, especially to the quiet or the different.
At the same time, it's hard not to be torn apart by the underlying currents of social conflict and tension that drive the emotions in this story - the dialogue was so powerful, and the ending so poignant.
Jul 21, Sohail rated it liked it. This is a short story about how racism can come in different packages, and how some people are racist without even realizing it. It's too blatant to be a valuable work of literature, but I like the information. Feb 19, Kristi rated it really liked it Shelves: kristi-abby-tabby. Excellent story about prejudice - possibly toward an African American brownie troop and definitely toward a white troop of girls.
A great lesson about xenophobia in whatever form it is found. Oct 12, Sieara DeLone rated it really liked it. Moving story. Glad children are having these realizations. May 30, Adalia rated it it was amazing. She writes about a little girl who confronts the notion of race for the first time. Laurel, the main character, experiences a strong sense of disillusionment as she reflects upon the color of her skin.
From this point to its conclusion, the story knows exactly what it is about, and it is about it continually. The story arises from the supposed utterance of a forbidden word. So it is only fitting that when Arnetta confronts Troop , it is the sound of the response that strikes Laurel. The girl sounded as though her tongue were caught in her mouth.
It is language, and the use of it, that informs the rest of this confrontation between the troops. The girl looked sad for a moment, the perked up quickly. A flash of genius crossed her face. The adults return to the scene. They are delayed learners… Many of them just have special needs.
They are not innocent victims. They have made innocent victims of people even more helpless than they. Two days later, on the nearly silent bus ride home, Laurel sits beside Daphne. The journal is empty. Laurel is almost—but not quite—ready to begin her own story. I looked out the window, trying to decide what to write, searching for lines, but nothing could compare with the lines Daphne had written.
The line replayed itself in my head, and I gave up trying to write. What opens the door to language for Laurel? First: the Brownies themselves acknowledge the painful truth. Until now, no one has spoken explicitly of their second-class status. The words have been too painful to utter. But now they are necessary. They are the truth that can no longer go unrecognized.
She narrowed her eyes like a cat. I mean, like we were foreign or something. Like we were from China. As the short story concludes, Laurel does not explain why her father neither pays the Mennonite family nor offers a thank you.
Laurel does not defend her father; rather she realizes there is just "something mean" in the world that she cannot change Referenced materials ZZ Packer. Drinking Coffee Elsewhere. XV, Arnetta, a good student, commands much attention: "Her tone had an upholstered confidence that was both regal and vulgar at once.
Daphne is a meek girl, who has no commanding voice, as ZZ Packer writes, "Her voice was petite and twinkly, the voice one might expect from a shiny new earring" 6. Octavia was the only African American girl at Woodrow Wilson school with: "long hair that hung past her butt like a Hawaiian hula dancers" 5. Margolin is described as having: "short cropped hair, a small ball of a head, almost no neck and huge, miraculous breasts" 2.
After entering the bathroom after the "Lesson," "she appeared like a T. In the story, Laurel narrates: "When you lived in the south suburbs of Atlanta, it is easy to forget about Whites. Subject classification : this is an English language and literature resource.
Educational level : this is a tertiary university resource. Subject classification : this is a psychology resource. Categories : English language and literature Tertiary Education Psychology resources. Namespaces Resource Discuss. They both finally make up because the victim realizes that they do not want to fight anymore, and can not be on the same team if they keep on being mad at eachother.
Then, voting for the cheer captain happens the next cheer practice. Both of the girls are up for captain and the victim has wanted it for her whole life. The bully could honestly could care less if she made captain or not, but she just wants to make her mad and take it from her. Also in these movies is a damsel white woman in distress, in which the main protagonist must save her from the Native Americans by shooting their horses and destroying their camp sites.
Hasbro and Mattel are experts at creating the perfect toy. As a result, girls have been taught to be different from boys from the moment they are born. While she was at Central High for that one year she had to endure white mothers chasing her at her gym class, acid thrown in her eyes, burning papers thrown at her while she was using the bathroom and more.
Melba and the other eight were the most terrorized children in Central High. Melba would also receive threats that she was going to be killed and that people were going to bomb her house. These terrifying actions and threats caused Melba to often doubt why God wanted her to do this, but her Grandma India always reminded her that it was for a purpose and that she would have an impact on the world. When two races have opposing views, it leads to the destruction of a community. However, when two or more races learn to accept each other and live peacefully, it leads to complete unification.
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