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… Read More Blackout by Roger Mais
CHARACTERS Florence Esmie Matron SUMMARY The story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator. The reader finds that the writer sticks to the theme of pity and charity as Florence takes Esmie into her home out of pity. Florence cannot understand how an eighteen-year-old girl is abandoned by the Home with nothing… Read More Mint Tea by Christine Craig
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… Read More Berry
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’… Read More Mom Luby and the Social Worker
