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CHARACTERS Black man White woman SETTING Jamaica SUMMARY The third-person narrator is unnamed. The story centers around a black man asking a white woman for light from her cigarette. She feels that the man is trespassing on her personal space. The woman has a problem with the colour of the man’s skin and shows
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by Olive Senior (Jamaican) CHARACTERS Del Elaine/Towser The narrator Maureen Jason Aunt Rita (Maureen and Jason’s parent) Uncle Rob (Maureen and Jason’s parent) Uncle Frank Eulalie Ermandine Pearlie Mr. Kincaid Mr. Samuels Melody-Ann SETTINGS Jamaica Rural Jamaica Urban Jamaica SUMMARY OF STORY Senior uses contrast to share the experiences of the child narrator. This extends
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by Paule Marshall (American) CHARACTERS The narrator Da-duh Adry (the narrator’s mother) SETTING(s) Barbados The disembarkation shed St. Thomas New York SUMMARY OF THE STORY The narrator describes Da-duh as a woman of eighty-odd years whose face looked like a death mask but still maintained eyes that were full of spirit. She is the matriarch
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by Langston Hughes (American) CHARACTERS Milberry Jones/ Berry Mrs. Osborn (head housekeeper) Dr. Renfield Martha Renfield Miss Baxter (the nurse) Mrs. Hill (the nurse) The handyman gardener – chauffeur SETTINGS New Jersey Dr. Renfield Summer Home for Crippled Children The kitchen The beach SUMMARY OF THE STORY Milberry’s story starts with his arrival at the
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by Kristin Hunter (American) CHARACTERS Mom Luby/ Mrs. Luby Elijah Arlethia Miss Rushmore Mr. Jenkins Mr. Luby Zerline Bobo Lucas Mose Jake SETTING(s) The United States of America 19th century (The great depression) The welfare office Division Street SUMMARY OF THE STORY The story has a first-person child narrator, Elijah. Elijah and his sister Puddin’
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Pearl Crayton (American) CHARACTERS The narrator Rena Miss Daya The narrator’s mother The narrator’s father/the deacon Reverend Davis Catherine Sam SETTINGS 1936 United States of America Louisiana Plantation SUMMARY OF STORY Flashback is used in the story as the narrator recounts an experience she had when she was just twelve years old. The story is
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CHARACTERS Emma York Dorian York/ Dory Jack York Maria Mrs. Ruby Robinson Frank Grandaddy (Emma’s father) SETTINGS The York’s house The mall The train station SUMMARY OF STORY Dorian or Dory is the only child of Jack and Emma. She tells the story of the relationships in her family. Dorian and her father do not
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Julie Tagg| Think and Write for CSEC English A and B CHARACTERS Leticia Green (Aunt Teach) June June’s mother Georgia SETTINGS 1950’s Jamaica Brooklyn New York SUMMARY OF STORY Pollard looks at love for one’s country in “Georgia and them there United States”. June is the young Jamaican narrator who gets the opportunity to visit
