Mrs Plum Sparknotes

Cultural Struggle
There are three stories that are written with amazing themes. However, they show great examples of how another culture can change someone’s behavior. The first story is called “Mrs. Plum,” written by Es’kia Mphahlele, which is about an African servant who builds an unexpected relationship with her employer. For the second story, it is called “Black Girl” that was written by Sembene Ousmane. Ousmane’s story is about a young African female who struggles to maintain her sanity while being isolated from her home. The last story is called “Girls at War,” written by Chinua Achebe. This story is about the struggle relationship between two individuals during an era of war. These are great African stories with their own unique theme;
Brent stated how the white folks’ treatment towards dogs is an insult to the black Africans. The reason why is because most of the dogs would be treated better than the African people. The white community would also call their dogs by their names and talk to them as if they were people. Judging by Brent’s argument, it seems to make sense, since Karabo describes how Mrs. Plum would care more about her dogs and give them names, such as Monty and Milan. From a personal opinion, it appears that Mphahlele use dogs to symbolize the struggle of Africans by comparing the difference between animal and man. He gives also the story a more dramatic tone, as he let his readers realize how mistreated the Africans are. For example, Mphahlele illustrates Karabo’s cultural struggle, as she tries to understand why dogs were treated better, especially when she thinks about “Dogs with names, men without” (Brent).
Sembene Ousmane’s “Black Girl” is another prime example of cultural struggle. To expand upon this, an article called “American Anthropologist” stated that “Black Girl is an excellent study of a culture contact situation wherein the characters are ignorant of and insensitive to each other culture” (Ellovich). Therefore, the story focuses on a main character named Diouana, who go through changes, while living in another geographical setting. It begins as the story describes Diouana as a happy, black female girl that was sent to France by her