Rebekah Frost LAL 153: Online Summer 2015 Unit 7: Literary Analysis Essay Literary Analysis Essay Final Draft Due: 6-20-15 “Brownies" by ZZ Packer‚ Literary Analysis Essay Racism Among Our Youth Brownies is a short story about 4th graders who go on a summer camping trip near the southern suburbs of Atlanta in Georgia. Laura‚ an African American girl‚ also known by her nickname ‘Snot’ to the other girls‚ narrates the story. The Narrator explains how her Brownie troop took a dislike on each and
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Racism in Drinking Coffee Elsewhere In ZZ Packer’s book entitled Drinking Coffee Elsewhere‚ we get to see how African Americans cope with their different situations dealing with family‚ friendship‚ religion‚ and the pursuit of prosperity in the world. Within the short story collection there is a story named after the title‚ Drinking Coffee Elsewhere‚ where we get to see the pressures put on a young African American woman‚ Dina‚ that causes her to resort to near complete isolation of herself. Dina
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Imaginative Conversation Why does ZZ Packer write her essay with mostly conversing through language? In the short story Drinking Coffee Elsewhere‚ ZZ Packer consistently uses the art of conversation. She uses this type of language throughout her short story while either a group of people are talking or just man to man conversations. First off this short story is about an African American woman named Dina and she just arrived at orientation at the University Yale. In class she quickly meets
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Z.Z. Packer adds to this list of more commonly used similarities between birds and humans by endowing the birds in her short story‚ “The Ant of the Self”‚ with the gift of speech. By doing so‚ Z.Z. Packer highlights her use of a squawking assortment of colorful African birds as a symbol for Spurgeon. The birds serve as a catalyst for the story‚ giving rise to Spurgeon’s and his father’s trip to the Million Man March. As the duo makes their way from Jasper‚ Indiana to Washington‚ D.C.‚ Packer introduces
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Reading the story Doris Is Coming made me believe in the story. The realism of it made me realize that even though I don’t believe everything they were stating. I was convinced that the last day on this earth was here‚ that day in that church. The conversations they were having with one another made more since to me. The other story was a bit harder for me to fully understand the scenario of that story. Doris is left to make sense of this world. This story made a very good point from the past history
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Sundays try to walk like a lady and not the slut you are so bent on becoming.” I almost felt the narrator’s pain for what she’s going through with her mother. I most definitely can relate to this story the girl is telling. “Buffalo Soldiers” by ZZ Packer was my least favorite short story. It was too
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include similes‚ the use of personification‚ hyperbole & most importantly‚ metaphors. A metaphor is a word or phrase that is used to refer to something else in the piece‚ suggesting they are similar. In the story‚ “Drinking Coffee Elsewhere” by ZZ Packer‚ there are numerous examples of metaphors. This writing technique helps enhance compact details in the story that are more influential than they seem at first glance. Throughout the story‚ the reader may more easily grasp a character’s strengths
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the solution is shaken or stirred‚ the water will settle to the bottom and the oil will rise above to the surface. These attributes describing water and oil directly describe the relationship between Spurgeon and Ray‚ the two main characters in ZZ Packer ’s "The Ant of the Self." Spurgeon‚ the "water" and intelligent son of Ray Bivens Jr.‚ finds himself carrying the burden of supporting his self-centered‚ inappreciative father‚ the "oil‚" on his shoulders. Oblivious to his son ’s needs as well
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Kaitlin Ricks Love and all its difficulties The theme that I found most interesting between the novels read in class and the one I read independently is how difficult love can be. Whether it be loving someone that others think would not think would be a good match or loving the old part of someone. Love is a test of trials and tribulations. The novel I read‚ The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden‚ is about two young adults who meet in high school and later meet again in high school. Except in college
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Preparations for making an Oreo Brownie How do you make brownies? Do you make them from scratch or do you buy the box? Even then‚ do you mix in your own secret ingredients or do you like them plain and simple? Brownies are one of my favorite desserts; they are sweet and tasty. There are many different ways to make brownies‚ but this is my favorite recipe; it is easy to make and you just add one simple ingredient to make it tastier. There are three steps‚ which are getting the ingredients‚ following
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