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Brown Girl, BrownstonesThe brownstone houses are significant as repositories of human history. Prior to the West Indian migration en masse to Brooklyn in the 20th century, the brownstones had been largely inhabited by...
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Brown Girl, BrownstonesEarly in Paule Marshall’s novel Brown Girl, Brownstones, Deighton is delighted to learn that he has inherited form his deceased sister a plot of land or, as he refers to it, a “piece of...
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Brown Girl, BrownstonesIn Paule Marshall’s novel Brown Girl, Brownstones, the central characters are at war with each other. The novel’s main protagonist, Selina, is caught between her mother, a somewhat cold and...
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The Great GatsbyI think that one particular area of comparison between both works would be shared understanding of what it means to be a part of the world. The idea of maturation, in terms of understanding the...
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Brown Girl, BrownstonesCan anyone help me with all the chapter summaries of Browngirl, Brownstones? For example, in Book...Book 1, Chapters 1 - 3 In "A Long Day and A Long Night" we see lots of brownstone homes in the late 1930s in Brooklyn, NY. Although once owned by the white upper class of New York (in the 20s)...
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Brown Girl, Brownstones[There are a number of critical essays available online from the internet library sources such as JSTOR. In addition, here on Enotes there are criticisms; see the link below to access them.] --One...
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Brown Girl, BrownstonesOne of the critical elements in the social context of Brown Girl, Brownstones is quite deliberate. Paule Marshall recognized the vacuum of women's voices in literature. She understood that she...
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Brown Girl, BrownstonesMarshall is quite deliberate in switching between Barbadian and American lifestyles in the narrative offered in Brown Girl, Brownstones. Being able to switch from one lens to another represents...
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Brown Girl, BrownstonesBook 3 of Paule Marshall’s coming-of-age story set in a lower-income neighborhood in Brooklyn and featuring a girl’s transition to womanhood under trying circumstances is titled “The War,”...
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Brown Girl, BrownstonesA common literary device is the use of first-person narrative to tell the author’s story, involving some fictional character reflecting and observing on that character’s life and experiences....
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Brown Girl, BrownstonesThe few times they are treated badly it is not because they are immigrants but because of their race. E.g. when Selina is distubred by the racial slur of her dancing partner's mother.Also they are...
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Brown Girl, BrownstonesSelina and Deighton are very close. She is the person to whom he confides his dream of returning to Barbados and the news of the land. Notice how upset she becomes when Silla sets about to sell the...
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Brown Girl, BrownstonesSunlight represents a kinder, gentler lifestyle of the sort that Deighton wants to return to. It is of note that his and Selina's favourite place in the house is the sun parlor. Silla on the other...
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Brown Girl, BrownstonesWhat novel are you asking about?
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Brown Girl, BrownstonesWell I think the intention of the author was to capture the growth of Selina and how she fought to be different from her mother. However, Selina admired she mother's strength and how she endured...
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Brown Girl, BrownstonesSuggie is a mysterious character and Paule Marshall doesn't reveal much about her in Brown Girl, Brownstones. I don't agree with her mention of seeking comfort but she was a very lonely person. She...
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Brown Girl, BrownstonesI think Suggie sees Selina as an opportunity to help Selina discover who she is. Suggie knows how hard it is to be a black woman in a white, male-dominated society, and she sees how shy and...
