Flower Garden is a story that accurately portrays racism and shows that peer pressure exists among adults also. The story is about a woman named Mrs. Winnings who befriends her new neighbor Mrs. MacLane. Mrs. Maclane moved from New York, and is a widowed mother to her young son Davey. Mrs. Maclane is a popular and well-liked member of the community. It all changes when Mrs. Maclane says hello to Billy Jones and asks him to help her with her garden, Billy cannot so his father Mr. Jones accepts the offer. People do not take well to the fact that Mrs. Maclane has an African man working shirtless in her garden, and they begin to shun her. At first, Mrs. Winning is embarrassed and tries to talk her friend out of hiring Mr. Jones, but after a while she gives into peer pressure and ignores her to. It ends with Mrs. Maclane saying hello to Mrs. Winning and Mrs. Winning ignoring her, showing that their friendship is over.
The protagonist in my opinion was Mrs. Winnings, although I sometimes found it hard to sympathize with her pettiness and shallowness. I think she was truly jealous of Mrs. Maclane, and her happy and carefree life and her tolerance of others, she also shows how jealous of she is of how much love Davey gives her. The protagonist never blamed herself or thought she was doing anything wrong, she believes that Mrs. Maclane is at fault. When Mrs. MacLane asks, “Are you sure it isn’t because of Mr. Jones working here?” Mrs. Winning’s reaction is immediately that of to think that Mrs. MacLane is blaming the Blacks, and Mrs. Winnings is immediately irritated. This statement is ironic, because the town is to blame for the cruel treatment of Mrs. Maclane and Mr. Jones and their belief that Mr. Jones is in some way inferior to them. The protagonist was not willing to go against the social expectations or norms; she easily gave into peer pressure when she saw that her own status in the town was threatened.
Eesha you have some good ideas here. You succinctly summarized the story and identified the conflict. You also supported your ideas with evidence from the text. I noted the inferences you made. I am curious about the last sentence in the entry. I think you might be confused about the protagonist. Do you think it's Mrs. Winning or Mrs. Maclane? Don't forget, the protagonist is usually the character that is faced with the conflict and changes the most in the story.
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4/5 points. Mechanical errors. You have a run-on sentence:"It all changes when Mrs. Maclane says hello to Billy Jones and asks him to help her with her garden, Billy cannot so his father Mr. Jones accepts the offer." You have a spelling error. You use the word "to" when I think you mean "too". Also, you wrote, "Mrs. Winning’s reaction is immediately that of to think that Mrs. MacLane is blaming the Blacks, and Mrs. Winnings is immediately irritated." This is both confusing and grammatically incorrect. Be sure to reread your entries before you post. I bet you can catch these mistakes.
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