Blues Ain't No Mockingbird Group

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jtumbler16
jtumbler16
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High School - 11th Grade

How does the setting affect what happens?

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Posted by jtumbler16 on Tuesday October 23, 2007 at 11:49 AM and tagged with blues ain't no mockingbird, setting.

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  1. sullymonster Teacher
    Community / Jr. College

    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 African-American female characters and reflects social and political issues of particular concern to the contemporary African-American community.  To move the family away from their home would eliminate their upper hand, and take away from the sense of strength Bambara wished to express.

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    Posted by sullymonster on Tuesday October 23, 2007 at 11:57 AM