Dec 18, 2009

Strong Horse Tea | Strong Horse Tea

At a glance:

Author: Alice Walker
First Published: 1968
Type of Plot: Social realism
Time of Work: The mid-twentieth century
Setting: The rural American South
Principal Characters: Rannie Mae Toomer, Snooks, “Aunt” Sarah, The mail carrier
Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
Subjects: African Americans, Mothers, Parents and children, Poverty or poor people, Death or dying, Naivete, Pneumonia
Locales: South (U.S.)

The Story

Snooks, Rannie Mae Toomer's infant son, is dying of double pneumonia and whooping cough. Rannie has no one else in the world, is unmarried, and lives in an unheated, drafty shack somewhere in the South.

Sarah, a neighbor who is expert in country medicine and home remedies, suggests that one of these remedies might help Snooks, but Rannie will have none of it. She has supreme confidence in white medicine and wants a white doctor for her son. She is also certain that the white mail carrier whom she has begged to call for the doctor will send him as soon as...

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Strong Horse Tea | Strong Horse Tea

At a glance:

The Story

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