Arnetta's Short Story 'Brownies'

To be misunderstood, misinterpreted, and mislead are three very profound ways to describe the young girls the Brownie troop had encountered. In the short-story “Brownies” there is a fine line between being a positive and negative role model. Arnetta is a very persuading young lady who we are introduced to early in the story. Although the story is told through the view of “Snot” (Packer 56), we see how the author illustrates the essentialness of how admiring someone can lead to a dishonoring conclusion. In the story of a group of girls who are out for revenge, admiration is not the best way to base your decisions off of. Throughout the short-story the readers are forced to connect with an elementary student, who is the narrator. Arnetta …show more content…
In the text it states, “We made our way through the darkness by flashlights. The tree branches that had shaded us just hours earlier, along the same path, now looked like arms sprouting menacing hands” (59). Through this quote, we can visualize a group of six young girls walking in the middle of the night. It can be interpret that the narrator is afraid to be walking at this time of night. Although we see this fear through our narrator, the Brownies continues to their destination to get revenge on Troop 909. Once they arrive at the restrooms, Arnetta speaks up telling all the girls to stay outside and wait for the signal they had rehearsed earlier that day. The girls obey these directions and wanted. As time continued to go by the girls began to wonder what was taking so long for the signal. After a while on discussing the possible reasons they enter the restroom. At this point we discover the Troop 909 girls denying ever saying anything. However, Anetta feels that they are not being honest and continues to tell the girls that they should follow through with their previous plan. What Arnetta didn’t know was that the troop leader of Troop 909 was standing nearby watching the scene