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    <title>Blues Ain't No Mockingbird Group at eNotes</title>
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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the Blues Ain't No Mockingbird Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why does Granny resent the camera crew?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/why-does-granny-resent-camera-crew-114893</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Why does Granny resent the camera crew?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:20:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Essentially, she is saying that the cameramen should be minding their...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/what-does-suicide-story-say-about-way-granny-84731</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Essentially, she is saying that the cameramen should be minding their own business. They are intruding on Granny's business and her "situation" and she wants to be left alone.  This parallels the suicide story because, on the bridge, the person was suffering, was emotional distraught, and was contemplating suicide... the crowd that gathered was not necessarily there for the person, but to be onlookers.  They weren't there to help whatsoever...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 11:59:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What does the suicide story say about the way Granny thinks?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/what-does-suicide-story-say-about-way-granny-84731</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What does the suicide story say about the way Granny thinks?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 07:41:54 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[what kind of message is granny giving the man through her speech and...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/what-kind-message-granny-giving-man-through-her-73427</link>
        <description><![CDATA[what kind of message is granny giving the man through her speech and action in the story name blues ain't no mockin]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:46:53 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Blues Aint No Mocking Bird, filmmakers who who are making a...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/blues-aint-no-mocking-bird-what-does-she-want-64679</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In Blues Aint No Mocking Bird, filmmakers who who are making a documentary on the food stamp program intrude upon the privacy of Granny and Grandaddy Cain.  In the end, Granny tells Grandaddy to make the filmmakers leave.  Grandaddy ends up taking the film from the camera.
This was a triumph for Granny and Grandaddy.  By taking the film from the camera, Grandaddy was taking control of the situation.  He was taking back his privacy and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:32:18 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What does the author want the reader to think about when her...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/blues-aint-no-mocking-bird-what-does-she-want-64679</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What does the author want the reader to think about when her grandparents reacted to the people filming for the county?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/blues-aint-no-mocking-bird-what-does-she-want-64679</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:21:07 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The effect from the main cause of in the story?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/effect-from-main-cause-story-61941</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The effect from the main cause of in the story?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/effect-from-main-cause-story-61941</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 3 Feb 2009 16:46:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The narrator’s grandmother, Granny, occupies a central position in the...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/explain-why-granny-her-family-have-moved-much-57979</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The narrator’s grandmother, Granny, occupies a central position in the family. Her displeasure at the intrusive behavior of the filmmakers is at the root of the story’s theme and conflict, and her behavior towards the children, both in the story and in the recollections of the narrator, makes manifest her dominant role as teacher, caretaker, and guardian of the community. Granny also has an explosive temper and a low tolerance for...]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/explain-why-granny-her-family-have-moved-much-57979</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:46:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "Blues Ain't No Mockingbird", explain why Granny and her family have...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/explain-why-granny-her-family-have-moved-much-57979</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In "Blues Ain't No Mockingbird", explain why Granny and her family have moved so much.]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/explain-why-granny-her-family-have-moved-much-57979</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:18:37 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the setting of Blues Ain't No Mocking Bird?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/what-setting-blues-aint-no-mocking-bird-53803</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is the setting of Blues Ain't No Mocking Bird?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/what-setting-blues-aint-no-mocking-bird-53803</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:09:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Explain what the two men are doing on the Cain family's property.]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/explain-what-two-men-doing-cain-family-s-property-40069</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Explain what the two men are doing on the Cain family's property.]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/explain-what-two-men-doing-cain-family-s-property-40069</guid>
        <pubDate>Mon, 6 Oct 2008 09:52:52 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the &quot;low groanin music&quot; that the narrator hears...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/what-quot-low-groanin-music-quot-that-narrator-36913</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is the &quot;low groanin music&quot; that the narrator hears &quot;comin from the porch&quot; ?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/what-quot-low-groanin-music-quot-that-narrator-36913</guid>
        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:25:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[My feeling is that, no, Granny would not have talked to the reporters...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/would-granny-talk-reporters-they-had-approched-her-11743</link>
        <description><![CDATA[My feeling is that, no, Granny would not have talked to the reporters under any circumstances, much less to them while they are sticking a camera in their face while standing in her flowerbed.You have to think about her personality, this is a woman who moves when people annoy her, she cannot stand to be near them so she up and moves.It is also an understandable reaction, these people show up and want to quiz her on personal financial issues....]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/would-granny-talk-reporters-they-had-approched-her-11743</guid>
        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 05:01:32 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In The Blues Ain't No Mockingbird, would Granny talk to the reporters if...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/would-granny-talk-reporters-they-had-approched-her-11743</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In The Blues Ain't No Mockingbird, would Granny talk to the reporters if they had approached her in a different way?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/would-granny-talk-reporters-they-had-approched-her-11743</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:58:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[One main conflict is between Granny and the white filmmakers, which...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/what-two-main-conflicts-story-how-was-solved-10445</link>
        <description><![CDATA[One main conflict is between Granny and the white filmmakers, which represents the broader conflict of race. The filmmakers see Granny and her home and family as representative of rural, poor black families, and they are wanting to use them to make a broad political statement. They make condescending, stereotypical remarks to Granny, reflecting their prejudice toward blacks. Another conflict represented by the conflict between Granny and the...]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/what-two-main-conflicts-story-how-was-solved-10445</guid>
        <pubDate>Sat, 3 Nov 2007 20:18:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are two main conflicts in the story and are they solved? ]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/what-two-main-conflicts-story-how-was-solved-10445</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What are two main conflicts in the story and are they solved? ]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/what-two-main-conflicts-story-how-was-solved-10445</guid>
        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:46:33 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Granny is the backbone of the family as their caretaker, teacher, and...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/what-granny-s-characterization-her-role-story-10083</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Granny is the backbone of the family as their caretaker, teacher, and guardian. She has no tolerance for anyone who would patronize or demean her and the family, and she is quick to protect and defend her family against anyone who would dare to try to. She views the filmmakers as intruders, and the narrator is fearful of what Granny's reaction to them will be. Her role is to protect her family from anyone and anything that might harm them in...]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/what-granny-s-characterization-her-role-story-10083</guid>
        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:38:14 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is Granny's characterization, and her role in the story?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/what-granny-s-characterization-her-role-story-10083</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What is Granny's characterization, and her role in the story?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/what-granny-s-characterization-her-role-story-10083</guid>
        <pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:15:12 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The action of this story takes place on the front yard of a house, a...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/how-does-setting-affect-what-happens-9733</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The action of this story takes place on the front yard of a house, a piece of private property.  The resolution of the story is that the white filmmakers are ordered to leave the property - this could only happen when the property is privately owned.  Would the family have encountered them on a city street, the family could not have behaved as such.  Like most of Bambara’s stories, ‘‘Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird’’ features strong...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:57:53 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does the setting affect what happens?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does the setting affect what happens?]]></description>
        <guid>http://www.enotes.com/blues-aint/q-and-a/how-does-setting-affect-what-happens-9733</guid>
        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:49:11 PST</pubDate>
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