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The New Girl Analysis

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’The New Girl’ analysis

The story takes place in a white lower-middle-class neighborhood. The neighborhood is called Prospect Street. Only 2 kids live in the block, Allison and the narrator, so they have to be friends whether they like it or not. Allison is 10 years old while the narrator is only 8, so Allison is a kind of role model to him. A day like any other, where they almost crash, the narrator hears a laugh and turns his head to find a small girl. They smile at each other, though the peace soon being disturbed by Allison. She calls the girl nigger and scares her away. The girl tries explaining that she thought they could play but Allison calls her nigger again. The girl walks back to her house. As Allison and the narrator slowly …show more content…

‘The water hit me between my shoulder blades, pushing me forward with each blast’. The water is a symbol of the power Allison has over the narrator, he doesn’t know how to act, so he acts like her, though this means him being pushed into something he isn’t comfortable doing.

The title fits the story nicely. ‘The New Girl’ says that there’s going to be a new girl, though before we read the story we do not know where or when, therefore our only knowledge before reading the story will be that there’s a new girl. Furthermore the girl in the story is only mentioned as ‘the girl’ we do not know her name and her whole identity is ‘the girl’.

In the picture ‘New Kids in the Neighborhood’. We see 3 white boys and a girl and boy of colour. The kids are leaning in, like they’re interested and have never seen anything like it. The two kids of colour are standing with a very nice posture looking at them like they’re used to people ponder over what they’re doing at a place like that. Both the picture and the story we see how people off different skin colours meet, though the meetings are very different. In the picture they show somewhat interest and they see curious, while in the story the girl is met first with kindness and then nothing but hatred. All the kids seem to somehow having to grow up fast even if they’re in a peaceful environment there will always be things to look out for and be aware

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