I Ain T No Good Girl By Sharon Flake

Hiding from the Truth In the short story “I ain’t no good girl” by: Sharon Flake, the narrator is afraid to take action for several events in the story. I believe that this is so because she doesn’t have confidence in herself; because she is too afraid. The story starts off with the Narrator and several other girls waiting for a bus stop in a corner of the street. A while later, the Narrator’s boyfriend Raheem greets the Narrator. On the bus to school, the narrator tries to take a last look at her boyfriend only to see him kissing one of the girls who waited for the bus with her. Flake makes Raheem look like a bad character that is unloyal to the Narrator. Raheem is created to be the antagonist against the Narrator, who receives the most conflict from him. The Narrator shouldn’t let Raheem control her or let him influence her actions. “You my man! What you doing looking at her for?” Raheem’s hand smashes the words back into my mouth.’ “Girl doesn’t make me…”’ I apologize just like my momma does when my daddy slaps her.” This quote shows that the Narrator …show more content…
Raheem is not dedicated or loyal to his relationship with the Narrator. “Then he asks me to spot him five. Before I can get inside my purse, he unsnaps it. Takes out my wallet and puts ten bucks in his back pocket. “Don’t be going in my…’ “What’s yours is mine ain’t it?” This quote shows that Raheem doesn’t respect the Narrator and feels that he can do anything he wants with her possessions. “I lean over and stare out the window and see the redhead standing on the corner with Raheem. Raheem’s all up in her face. Sunglasses off. Arms wrapped around her neck. His sweet brown lips pressed tightly to hers.” Judging by his actions in this quote, who knows if this isn’t the first time he has cheated on the narrator in the two years they were together? This relationship between the narrator and Raheem is unhealthy. The Narrator deserves better than