Broken Contract”, Packer employs many different techniques in his effort to support his claim that the United States is not as good as it used to be. Among his methods of support was his use of personification, metaphors, fact stating, and the defining of different scenarios. In his writing Packer uses personification as a way to explain his current view on the American situation. Packer begins by referring to the Iraq war as being a stress test of the American body politic. Packer then goes on to…
different reasons discriminate against blacks. African-Americans are discriminated against because of the color of their skin, their level of criminal behavior, their economic status, and a long list of other reasons. The story “Buffalo Soldiers” by ZZ Packer talks about racial discrimination towards the African-Americans despite sharing a common enemy during and after civil war, they still experience discrimination within the soldiers and in the society. The author was attempting to portray the struggle…
“Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition- such as lifting weights- we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity” (Stephen Covey). In “Brownies” by ZZ Packer and “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros, each speaker develops over the course of the story by battling through different confrontations and conflict. In “Eleven” Rachel is disappointed about birthdays and what they embody. The story begins with Rachel describing how when you 're eleven you…
The short story “Brownies”, by ZZ Packer, is the story of young Black girls that go away to camp as a part of their Brownie Troop experience. For years young girls in society have had to deal with how the media views them, and what the media says is acceptable. What the media puts out has a big impact on self-esteem, especially when girls are still trying to figure out who they are, and who they want to be. This plays an even bigger role when it comes to race, and how races are viewed. Unfortunately…
Packer begins his book by emphasizing on knowing God. He points that “knowing about God is crucially important for the living of our lives” and promotes the study of theology (Packer 19). Deeper knowledge of God would lead to fear of the Lord because God is not just the God of mercy, but also the judgment. There may be a spiritual gap in the lives of many believers because they lack Biblical understanding and the full picture of God. Therefore, the church should equip saints with theological knowledge…
Brownies In the story “Brownies,” ZZ Packer tells the story of a brownie troop away at camp. The story is about the brownie troop getting into trouble from assumptions they made about another brownie troop. The brownie troop were adolescents and their behaviors showed that. Adolescence is defined as a transitional stage of physical and psychological human development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood. (Wikipedia)This story has examples of persecution complex…
Elsewhere by ZZ Packer. This Literary work shows a resemblance between the author ZZ Packer actual life, and her character Dina. ZZ Packer attended Yale University and was also a reclusive person as a child.Packer expresses so much of herself in her writing, through her character in order for her to bring her thoughts and the real world together. ZZ Packer paints a picture in the reader 's head to help the reader understand the outsiders and the disenfranchised of today society. Packer is well known…
Theme is the underlying message, or recurring idea in a piece of writing. This paper will focus on the themes that appear in Brownies by ZZ Packer. The two themes that are focused on this paper are racial segregation and peer pressure. Racial segregation focuses on the separation of people of different races and is also a form of institutional racism. The second theme that is shown in this story is peer pressure which is the influence a member of a group has one person of the same age. The most…
Verbal Style of the Brownies The short story “Brownies” by ZZ Packer is about a group of Brownie Scouts and their experience at camp Crescendo. As the story unfolds, the group of African American girls tries to escape the watch of their evangelical troop leader so they can beat up troop 909 for calling Daphne a “nigger”. It is unclear whether troop 909 actually said that, however; the Brownies carry through with their plan and confront troop 909 in the bathroom. To the Brownies ' surprise, the all-white…
was to have people understand why everything has been falling, why America didn’t seem as great at it used to be. Unwinding is a metaphor of how America is falling apart. The Unwinding is a book that helps understand how things are getting bad in this country even though people thought it was going great. Packer tried to understand how things were failing, how companies were getting into debt or how people are individualizing themselves and how the social contract is loosening. He wants people to understand…