has been proven that their environment directly affects how they react to certain circumstances. Racism is undoubtedly an ongoing problem around the world and affects all bystanders‚ young and old. The effects on children‚ of extreme prejudice‚ are shown in the short story “Brownies” written by Z.Z. Packer. It describes an African American brownie group discriminating against the Caucasian‚ brownie troop 909‚ purely for their color. Their dispute almost turns into a full on brawl and in the end backfires on the color
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5. The use of the word Caucasian in the story “Brownies” is first used when the Brownie Troop first saw the Caucasians in Brownie Troop 909. Having these African-American girls see other white folk was extremely rare‚ therefore filling them up with rage and envy. One of the girls‚ Arnetta‚ pointed out that the girls from Troop 909 smelled of “wet Chihuahuas” and later coined the term “Caucasian Chihuahuas” (357‚ Meyer). That line it itself made the Brownie Troop go wild and later use it for any situation;
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Typically a story on the topic of race would have rich educated white adults attacking or discriminating against poor uneducated black adults‚ but “Brownies” offers a different perspective. Packer disregards the usual method for a story of this type. She includes racial stereotypes about appearance and language only to shows how ridiculous they are. She even changes the roles of victim and attacker in order to demonstrate that the people are not that different and that hatred is pointless. Through
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How to Make three layered brownies Three layered brownies are a really fun treat to bake‚ but it is very time consuming. The brownies are made up of three items. One pack of original chocolate oreos‚ homemade cookie dough‚ and brownie batter. They take the most time to bake‚ rather than to prepare. I will be making three layered brownies which are pretty simple to make. These brownies are made up of a couple different textures which all go together so perfectly. You need a bunch of ingredients
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writing about processes. Use the chart below to clarify your thinking about the sequence of steps in a process.Title: The Brownies Name: Juan José Costa 10th “C” | IntroductionState the topic and purpose of the essay‚ or state the problem to be solved. | How can you make the easiest and delicious dessert. In this essay I want to show you how to do the brownies; this dessert is delicious and the steps are very easy to follow. | Step OneDescribe the first step. | First of all
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dinner after a while‚ we at and then had dessert ‚which just so happened to be brownies. After we ate‚ we went across the street to go to Riverside School‚ when we got outside it smelled fine‚ when we went got to the school there was the worst stench ever! We walked back out the gate and across the street again‚ to Hannah’s house. We started watching TV‚ then YouTube‚ and almost fell asleep until she threw some brownies at me‚ we started eating them‚ then we started laughing so much‚ to where we couldn’t
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The writer ZZ Packer’s short story‚ “Brownies‚” is about a troop of African-American Girl Scouts from south Atlanta that takes a camping trip; unfortunately‚ almost instantly‚ imaginary tensions build up between them and Troop 909‚ a group of white girls; struggle that later in this story develops as the main external conflict. Arnetta and Octavia‚ appear as the leaders of the group‚ and insist that the 909 girls called one of their group a derogatory word which is the starting point of the conflict
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Segregation in “Brownies” The short story “Brownies” written by ZZ (Zuwena) Parker‚ takes place at Camp Crescendo‚ a summer camp for girl scouts. The story is primarily about the journey of fourth grade girls scouts from different schools‚ who are known as The Brownies. Each Brownie Troop is categorized by their different ethnicities. The story is told in the perspective of Laurel‚ an African American girl who is known to the girls in her Brownie troop as ‘Snot.’ On the first day of camp the Brownie
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This type of conflict is shown in the story Brownies‚ where the protagonist Laurel is conflicted on whether or not to stay reserved to herself or to speak up. When the troop corners the white girls‚ Laurel is not sure if she should share her ideas with her troop or to stand up for the white girls. “If I spoke even a word‚ I could count on someone calling me Snot.” Person vs. Self conflict is also conveyed in the story Our Lady of Peace. A new teacher named Lynnea is confused by the students that
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Making French Toast Specific Purpose: By the end of my speech‚ my audience will know how to make French Toast. Introduction: I) How many of you enjoy breakfast food? II) How many of you enjoy the aroma of breakfast permeating throughout the house when you wake up? III) I can honestly say that breakfast is not my favorite genre of food; actually I hate breakfast food‚ but when I do order or get a craving for breakfast‚ I prefer eating French Toast. Thesis Statement: Making French
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