Arnetta In The Story 'Brownies'

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Scout tries to resist her community’s attempts to shape her into a ‘proper’ young lady in several different ways.

From this, one can see that Scout is still in a juvenile state of mind. Furthermore, one can see how the beliefs of the townspeople have been transferred to Scout, who had taken them as they are considered the social norm. She unknowingly accepts their racism when she thinks of Dolphus Raymond as a “sinful man” because he associates himself with black people and “…had mixed children and didn’t care who knowed it.” (201) She does not understand why he freely displays his transgression to the town when it is acknowledged as a wrong thing to do in Maycomb. However, Scout slowly starts to develop her own sense of right and wrong and create her own judgments of others. Boo was once the monster of her childhood, but after witnessing his cordial and courageous actions, she realizes that “he hadn’t done any of those things…he was real nice.” (281) In the end, Scout matures and sheds her childhood nickname to become the young lady called “Jean Louise” by family and friends. (211, 224, 229) This change in Scout is a result of her loss of innocence and is a focal point in the novel to give a thought-provoking perspective on the events of the book.

Firstly, In both novels there are two females named Scout and Portia that were victims of Prejudices. Scout was not treated fairly because she was a girl, she was treated differently for hanging out with boys instead of hanging out with girls. One example was when Scout was describing what she did since Jem and Dill won’t let her play with them in the treehouse since she was a girl. She said “But I kept aloof from their more foolhardy schemes for a while, and on pain of being called a girl, i spent most of my remaining twilights that summer sitting on Miss Maudie’s porch”. Scout was a victim of prejudice because she was treated differently for something she couldn’t change. Portia was a victim of prejudice because her father treated her differently

Arnetta is the weakest character, and Daphne is the strongest in the short story, “Brownies.” Arnetta does nothing but mock and criticize to be little the others. “Emboldened Arnetta made a gesture to mock pride toward an imaginary sash, the way the girl in full uniform had done.” (Pg. 298 paragraph 1) One must be pretty pathetically weak to mimic a girl with learning disabilities, trying to show pride and make fun shows how spineless Arnetta is.

Arnetta seems to be outgoing and brave throughout the story. Daphne on the other hand is very quiet and hardly spoke. Every time Arnetta tried to question her if the troop from 909 called her that, she never responds. Her and Arnetta are two very different characters in which the ways they act, look, and dress.

Junie B. is characterized as an ungrateful and spoiled child. With that being said, many people believe that the actions of Junie B. Jones are minor and can be seen as fun and playful since her age. However, these are not the average actions of the well-mannered six and seven year olds that may be reading the books. The way that the story is written makes children think that it is okay to have unacceptable behavior at a very young age. Junie B. continuously acts out and is regularly disobedient. The series more or less makes light of bad behavior. It is supposed to be funny when Junie B. does not respond to her parents when they are trying to speak to her, or when she

Throughout the story Brownies, the person who leads the troupe is Arnetta. This gives off an impression that Arnetta is the strongest, and Daphne, being the quietest, is looked at as if she was the weakest, but is this true? Some supporting details from the text will prove that this theory is actually the opposite.

The theme in this text about critics applies to all of us. No matter where we go or who we are, we will always have critics. People who just don’t like us or are afraid to see us succeed. Gracey was one of those people in the text ‘Dougy’ who had critics. People complained that she recieved a scholarship for free because she was aboriginal. While others refused to acknowledge how good she was. Even people she consider friends, faced Gracey. “that two years in a row now I get beaten by some nobody… Train all year, set the best times then get beaten by a natural from the bush who chases goannas.” (pg51) After Gracey had fairly won her race against Tanya. Tanya refused to acknowledge that Gracey was a faster runner than her. Tanya also refused to show sportsmanship towards Gracey. This hurt Gracey. Gracey thought Tanya and her were becoming good friend. Tanya was all nice and welcoming to Gracey when she arrived at Brisbane but after the final race that all changed. Another theme from the text ‘Dougy’ is that rules are there for a reason.

With the quote: “...girls decided to kick each and every troop 909 girl; they was doomed from the first day camp started…”this indicated to me, that these girls were feisty and were not so fond of their fellow campers. With Arnetta and Octavia being the Brownie “leaders”, they had a major influence on the girls. Being African American and living in the south, had to have had a major impact on all the girls, including Arnetta, the way she carried herself and gave orders to the other girls causes her to be looked at as a bully but admired as a leader. How incredulous is that? With Octavia following closely behind, and always demanding and telling the girls what to do, which most of the time imitating Arnetta, the girls followed and did all as they said, just to “fit in”. Daphne, a Brownie member comes across as a shy girl, who usually doesn’t speak as much. While Daphne at time second guesses what she may have heard, due to the significant role Arnetta over the group, they go along with what was “heard” while stating that “we can’t let them get away with that; with calling us niggers”. And over the next few days the girls devised a plan by having a “secret meeting” to make the Troop 909 girls ”pay for what they

Throughout the book, To Kill A Mockingbird, one of the main characters, Scout, is impacted by sexism from her family, peers, and community. The book is set in the 1930’s when women were definitely not thought of as equal. There were certain social rules that girls should follow and the ways that society told them to act. The scout is a character that is impacted by sexism throughout the story. She is a young girl that changes because of the oppression that is placed on her by her family and peers. The character Scout is affected by sexism, which Harper Lee uses to develop the reader’s perception of Scout from indecisive and confined to determined, criticized, and conflicted and finally to confident, conflicted, and decisive.

Scout sees that Miss Maudie does not believe in rumors, and it proves Miss Maudie a very upright person. She also adds later on, “‘No child…that is a sad house. I remember Arthur Radley when he was a boy. He always spoke nicely to me, no matter what folks said he did…’” (61). Scout finds this concept unfathomable, because it contradicts everything she ever heard about Boo Radley. However, because she regards Miss Maudie so highly, Scout begins having a new perspective on things after this point. Even though she still takes parts in various situations when with Jem and Dill attempt communicating with Boo, she thinks more before acting, and participates only so she avoids teasing from Jem rather than with the intention of humiliating Boo. While not participating at all would display greater maturity, the fact that she thinks more before acting and takes more things into consideration shows that Miss Maudie does indeed have an affect on her. It illustrates Scout’s developing character, as she no longer judges Boo Radley, and she learns from Miss Maudie that she should not judge any one, but rather try understanding them before criticizing them.

In the end, of Scout’s Honor the character's Max, Horse and the narrator say that they're not tough at all and go home. One way is to never think who you are not. For an example in paragraph number 1 he says that the only reason why he became a boy scout was to become tough. It means that the narrator wants to be tough.

Gender roles are another cause of social divisions and inequality the Harper Lee teaches about. Scout defies gender roles and she is looked down upon by many of the women in her community for doing so. Scout’s Aunt Alexandra is one woman who looks down upon scout for this. “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants,” (108). Aunt Alexandra believes ladies are not permitted to be taking place in activities that require pants. She disapproves of how Scout likes to participate in activities she sees as unladylike. This shows the inequality in this society due to gender roles. Another woman who challenges Scouts appearance as a lady is her neighbor Miss Stephanie. When Aunt Alexandra has a

On page 65 the text says” Cecilia Radelat possessed a pair of bunny ears... Cecilia was more than happy to bring them to kindergarten and trade them for Beckybek’s milk money and four chocolate chip cookies.” In the text, it shows that Bbeckybek doesse whatas she can, even if that means giving her chocolate chip cookies and milk so she can get as close as possible to being better than the girl in the photo. Another example of how Beckybek dose to be better than the girl in the picture is “So she didn't see her daughter lift her fists to chest level, screw up her face in concentration, and then determinedly-hop! hop!