ZZ Packer The Alternative Master Narrative “By our second day at Camp Crescendo‚ the girls in my Brownie troop had decided to kick the asses of each and every girl in Brownie Troop 909” (Packer p.1). Not exactly how one would think a brownie girl would act‚ but that’s the trope‚ author ZZ Packer sets in every one of her stories‚ in Drinking Coffee Elsewhere. Like most authors‚ ZZ Packer has her own style of writing. She uses similar patterns and techniques throughout her collection of short stories
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Racism in Drinking Coffee Elsewhere In ZZ Packer’s book entitled Drinking Coffee Elsewhere‚ we get to see how African Americans cope with their different situations dealing with family‚ friendship‚ religion‚ and the pursuit of prosperity in the world. Within the short story collection there is a story named after the title‚ Drinking Coffee Elsewhere‚ where we get to see the pressures put on a young African American woman‚ Dina‚ that causes her to resort to near complete isolation of herself. Dina
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young readers alike. There are several hidden gems though‚ one example being a very short story‚ “Brownies‚” written by a magnificent author‚ ZZ Packer. The story “Brownies” is a story that many people of cultural value can relate to‚ for it has many moral values in it. In my honest opinion‚ although the book was written far more recently‚ I find that ZZ Packer has the mindset of an “Old American voice.” She does not write about ridiculous stories with ridiculous action‚ however she writes about real
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Kevin Gable 8/30/10 Engl 1167 Communication Drinking Coffee Elsewhere is a very interesting story that brings up a number of thought-provoking issues in a relatively short format. Among these are questions of race‚ identity‚ and stereotyping. The narrator of the story is a young woman named Dina who feels lonely and confused in her new surroundings. As a poor‚ African American female at Yale (which the narrator portrays as a rich‚ male‚ and subtlety racist institution) she has difficulty
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Drinking Coffee Elsewhere Analysis 1) Yes‚ she is having a crisis of identity‚ that crisis is that she is pretending to not like no one but the truth is that she is not sure if she is gay or straight. There is more than one identity of herself that she is struggling‚ as she said she like nobody but she mentioned she had a crush on the boy with that pair of nice shoes and now she is starting to love Heidi‚ she is hiding herself from people especially from the whites. 2) The orientation games
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notable examples include similes‚ the use of personification‚ hyperbole & most importantly‚ metaphors. A metaphor is a word or phrase that is used to refer to something else in the piece‚ suggesting they are similar. In the story‚ “Drinking Coffee Elsewhere” by ZZ Packer‚ there are numerous examples of metaphors. This writing technique helps enhance compact details in the story that are more influential than they seem at first glance. Throughout the story‚ the reader may more easily grasp a character’s
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“Travel is a Fool’s Paradise” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Traveling is a rite of passage for some younger people. Many consider these times rewarding to the psyche of a young adult‚ as experiences in other lands broaden their senses. College students embark on sabbaticals to spend time in the real world. Others temporarily replant themselves‚ to experience other places‚ cultures‚ and languages‚ and in doing so to find out more about themselves. And there are that select few who use relocation as a
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The writer ZZ Packer’s short story‚ “Brownies‚” is about a troop of African-American Girl Scouts from south Atlanta that takes a camping trip; unfortunately‚ almost instantly‚ imaginary tensions build up between them and Troop 909‚ a group of white girls; struggle that later in this story develops as the main external conflict. Arnetta and Octavia‚ appear as the leaders of the group‚ and insist that the 909 girls called one of their group a derogatory word which is the starting point of the conflict
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Drinking Coffee Elsewhere is a story about denial. The character in the story is in denial about her mother’s death or about needing anyone in her life. The one friend in the story that she does begin to develop a relationship with is pushed away because she gets to close. She feels that by denying that she needs anyone in her life‚ that will make it true. So she goes through life‚ keeping to herself in a single dorm room‚ eating‚ and spending most of her time by herself. The main character in the
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Kaitlin Ricks Drinking Coffee Elsewhere In the short story Drinking Coffee Elsewhere‚ there are many themes that are seen within Dina‚ such as struggling with sexuality‚ fear of labeling‚ fear of facing reality‚ and fear of opening up to others. The narrator‚ Dina is not clear about her sexuality. The story does not imply whether she is a lesbian or not. When she meets Heidi‚ their relationship grows‚ they become very close and spend days in Dina’s room together. They even sleep together in the
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