| Title | : | Brownies |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Format Type | : | Kindle , Hardcover , Paperback , Audiobook & More |
| Number of Pages | : | - |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 2013 |
Brownies Reviews
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This ended in a very unexpected mood. But I felt it. It is one of those things you either get or don't. Definitely relevant for today's times.
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While attending Camp Crescendo, the protagonist's brownie troop has decided to teach troop 909 a lesson they won't soon forget. Apparently one of the white girls from troop 909 has called one member of Snot's group the n-word. Egged on by Arnetta, the brownies plot their revenge, but when it's time to rumble, the brownies are met with an unexpected revelation about troop 909.
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**read for short essay class**
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“Make new friends
But keep the old,
One is silver
And the other gold.
If most of the girls in my troop could be any type of metal, they’d be bunched up wads of tinfoil maybe, or rusty iron nails you had to get tetanus shots for.”
Having been a Girl Scout for my entire childhood, all the way up through 12th grade, this story spoke to my heart in so many ways – the truly cruel things that girls in awkwardly fitting, scratchy uniforms get up to, under the veneer of demureness; the power relationships in a troop; the pitch-perfect description of a camp bathroom. I was simultaneously elated and dejected that those memories were deep within me too, ready to be plumbed, but that someone else had found them before me, and shared them in a better way than I ever could.
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Read this for a class but wow. This hit hard. It's hard to read this and not be absorbed by memories of just how cruel children can be, especially to the quiet or the different. At the same time, it's hard not to be torn apart by the underlying currents of social conflict and tension that drive the emotions in this story - the dialogue was so powerful, and the ending so poignant.
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one of those short stories so complete and perfect that when you finish them, you feel like you've read a whole novel.
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Actual Rating = 3.25
I read this short story for a literature class and I'm so glad I did. It's well written and definitely qualifies as a modern classic that deals with how the ills of society are present in children.
So why the relatively low rating Fangirl? Excellent question.
This story is smart and insightful and worth reading but it's not particularly enjoyable and I didn't find myself sinking into the story. This is probably just a restriction given the length and how the author worked within it. I probably would've given a longer work that grew out of this story a higher rating. -
Sometimes, I'm not into a short story, and then I get to my fiction workshop. We discuss it, and suddenly my eyes are open to all of these little details and nuances I missed because I treated the short story like one in an endless lists of readings.
Brownies was one of those stories for me. Upon discussion and reread, I saw how meticulous Packer is about her craft. As my professor said, it is really hard to write a great short story, but Packer knows how. She is able to juggle setting and multiple character development while exploring issues of race and privilege. Apparently, it's been years since she released a novel or short story collection, but I would be eager to read it. I'll definitely have to seek more of her work out. -
“As I watched the trees blur, I wanted nothing more than to be through with it all: the bus ride, the troop, school—all of it. But we were going home. I’d see the same girls in school the next day. We were on a bus, and there was nowhere else to go.”
things are never as we want or think they should be just what they are. -
This is a short story about how racism can come in different packages, and how some people are racist without even realizing it.
It's too blatant to be a valuable work of literature, but I like the information. -
Moving story. Glad children are having these realizations
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Read for Literature by Black Women
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Read it
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Full of rich imagery and thick with metaphors. Made me a better writer.
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Had to read for class and it was a brisk, kind of simplistic, but very pleasant read. (7/10).
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I absolutely love the vivid details in this story!
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This is a brilliant story. Well told, by a girl named Snot, if I remember correctly. The ending is a zapper. Do yourself a favor and pick it up along with her collection: Drinking Coffee Elsewhere. Out of that collection, this was my favorite.
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“It rains and rains and rains in my heart.”
Brimming with poignant prose, Packer delivers an emotioanl wallop with “Brownies. She writes about a little girl who confronts the notion of race for the first time. Laurel, the main character, experiences a strong sense of disillusionment as she reflects upon the color of her skin.
Though Packer ends “Brownies” on a note of hope, Laura’s words are bitter. The ending is stunning, and “Brownies” is a memorable read.
“. . . and suddenly I knew there was something mean in the world that I could not stop.” -
This short story had me on the edge of my seat just waiting for the pin to drop and a fight to ensue- the ending was delightfully refreshing because it was nothing like I expected it to be.
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LIT 111: Short Story and the Novel
