Jesse

I've? ?been? ?reading? ?this? ?short? ?story? ?“Jesse”? ?by? ?Joy? ?Boothe,? ?I? ?would? ?like? ?to take? ?you? ?through? ?it? ?and? ?analyze? ?the? ?story.

year.(P? ?3.? ?I? ?91),? ?and? ?it? ?is? ?happening? ?in? ?the? ?south,? ?since? ?the? ?“Racial segregation”? ?first? ?was? ?enforced? ?in? ?1963.

The? ?story? ?is? ?around? ?the? ?1963,? ?since? ?we? ?were? ?told? ?she? ?was? ?eleven? ?in? ?that

how? ?her? ?uncle? ?shot? ?himself? ?in? ?front? ?of? ?her,? ?that? ?is? ?the? ?first? ?reason? ?she was? ?scearing? ?her? ?to? ?death.? ?But? ?some? ?years? ?later? ?she? ?met? ?the? ?black

“Nigger”? ?to? ?describe? ?black? ?people.(P? ?1.? ?i? ?30.).? ?She? ?is? ?also? ?talking? ?about

America.? ?you? ?can? ?read? ?that? ?because? ?they? ?are? ?still? ?using? ?the? ?word

she? ?was? ?grown? ?up? ?in? ?the? ?late? ?1900`s? ?and? ?they? ?live? ?in? ?the? ?south? ?of

This? ?short? ?story,? ?is? ?about? ?an? ?little? ?girl? ?talking? ?about? ?her? ?childhood.? ?How

doesn't? ?like? ?the? ?name? ?Jesse(P? ?1,? ?II? ?3-4).? ?She? ?is? ?talking? ?about? ?her? ?uncle

was.? ?She? ?begun? ?to? ?like? ?Jesse.? ?When? ?she? ?turned? ?nine? ?years? ?old? ?her? ?dad

that? ?day.? ?(P? ?1,? ?II? ?26-30)? ?She? ?is? ?talking? ?how? ?funny? ?and? ?open? ?minded? ?Jesse

Jesse,? ?because? ?her? ?dad? ?had? ?something? ?Jesse? ?and? ?him? ?would? ?be? ?fixing

was? ?stilling? ?working? ?with? ?Jesse? ?at? ?the? ?old? ?mill.? ?He? ?was? ?moved? ?from? ?third food? ?for? ?him.? ?Which? ?she? ?always? ?liked? ?walking? ?alone? ?to? ?the? ?mill.(P1.? ?II look? ?pretty? ?for? ?daddy.(P? ?2.? ?II? ?48).