Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird

"Bruce is not a mock bird" is a short story written by Toni Card Bambara in 1971. It is said from the perspective of a young black girl in North America. Family privacy was violated by two white photographers who produced the movie for the county food stamp program. In this story, a small girl and her neighbors Tillon and Terry, and cousin Cathy play at her grandmother's house. Her grandmother was drinking rum on the back porch. Two white filmmakers took a movie about 'food stamp' for trees near their garden. The girl 's grandmother asked them to leave, but did not listen to her request, they just went far. When Granddaddy Cain came back from chicken Eagle's hunting, he took the camera from the man and crushed it. The white male pledges and leaves. Cathy, a distant cousin of a small girl, showed premature ability to explain the behavior and speech of other people, as well as interest in storytelling and composition. Grandma shared a story with her child and Cathy. And that is related to her emotion that she takes pictures of people without permission. For her, life is not to promote to everyone. Because they are not as "good" or rich as others.

The reader may notice 'mockin', not mockin ',' nothing ', but' male spell 'such as' nuthin'. This is because the story is written in dialect and it provides real elements to the story.

From the point of view of an infant, "Bruce is not without a mockin bird." There are 15 short stories including short story novel "Gorilla, My Love", "There is no mockingbird in the blues", 10 is said from the perspective of a young female narrator. Most narrators are imaginative and intelligent, but many people show considerable vulnerability and anxiety. A narrator who says "There are no birds in the blues", understands that her grandmother and Cathy have more insight than her and better understand the world. However, the viewpoint of children using their language to reflect age, ethnicity, rural history in the southern province has a special advantage for readers. We understand these events through her consciousness, and her complicated but insightful story allows us to think through her subtle, dubious and sharp eyes of her complex problems .

"Bruce is not without McKinn birds", which was first published in 1971, was chosen by the collection of the first acclaimed short novel, Gorilla, my love next year. Like most of Bambara's story, "Bruce is not without Mokenbird" is a strong African American woman who reflects social and political issues of particular concern for the modern African American community It is characterized by the role of. In this story, a young woman 's narrator is playing with his cousin and his cousin. Two white filmmakers lurked near their garden and took a film about the "food stamp" for the county. The narrator 's grandmother asked them to leave: they did not abide by her request, they just went further. When Granddaddy Cain came back from chicken Eagle's hunting, he took the camera from the man and crushed it. Cathy, the far cousin of a narrator, shows that it is premature to explain behaviors and speech of others, and it shows interest in stories and writing.