Blues Ain't No Mockingbird | Style
In ‘‘Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird,’’ a young black girl recounts an incident in which two white filmmakers attempted to film her home and family over the protests of her grandmother.
Dialect
Toni Cade Bambara’s use of dialect has been highly praised by readers and critics. Her ability to capture the cadences and languages of rural Southern black speech has been equated with Mark Twain’s ability to capture the dialects of nineteenth-century American speech.
The informal and conversational tone of ‘‘Blues Ain’t No Mockin Bird’’ allows...
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