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Analysis Of Jacqueline Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming

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In Jacqueline Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming, Jackie finds a sense of comfort in Greenville, South Carolina, which is her first long time home and where she spends most of her pivotal growing years; for me my first long time home was on Guido street in Oakland, California, this is where I felt the comfortable to grow and learn freely.

Greenville, South Carolina gives Jackie the feeling of comfort, safety and protection from the harsh outside world. On a cold winter night Jackie is sitting on her porch resting her head in her grandfather's warm arm, she “look[s] up and the earth stops in a blanket of stars…[she doesn't] need words on a night like this, just warmth [and] the silent promise that the world as [she] know[s] it will always be here”(58). When her mother comes late in the night to take her to New York she wants to protest, but “[she] is to sleepy to tell [her mother] that Greenville is home [because] even in the winter, the crickets sing [them] to sleep”(137). When she is looking at the stars, she is comfortable and safe. A blanket of stars is like a blanket which warms and comforts you when you sleep, A blanket can also make someone feel safe, at least for me. When I was little, when I would get scared I would hide under my blanket. Jackie is under the covers already since she is looking up to the blanket of stars, growing up in a place like this is essentially like hiding under the covers, safe and comfortable. Next she talks about how the world will always be

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