Compare and Contrast Essay
In the novel Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy you are introduced to the prejudice citizens of Phippsburg, Maine. This novel takes place in the year 1912, just 37 years after the civil war ended. The main character’s friendship with a negro girl living on Malaga Island is disapproved of by the citizens of Phippsburg. In this paper you will learn how the community of Phippsburg express their contempt toward the African Americans living on Malaga Island in the things that they say, do, and think. All these things suggest that absolute prejudice opinions exist. Firstly, the citizens of Phippsburg express their contempt by the cruel things that they say. An excellent example of this would be in the beginning of the novel when the town’s leaders were watching Lizzie Bright, a negro girl living on Malaga Island, scramble down a tree. Deacon Hurd said, “would you look at that monkey go?”(19) One of the men motioned for his gun as Lizzie descended the tree and sprinted home. Another man suggested that Lizzie thought that he was going to shoot her. “Wouldn’t have been any …show more content…
When Turner and Lizzie are lost out at sea in the dory and finally return to an unpleased Deacon Hurd, Turner asked to board the Deacon's boat because Lizzie was injured. “Hurt or not, no Jonah’s daughter is stepping foot on this boat” Deacon Hurd told Turner.(83) When the two children were finally towed back to shore everyone kept their distance as Turner guided Lizzie to get help.(84) Another town leader, Mr. Stonecrop was outraged for having to pay for Lizzie’s medical bill. “God sees fit to let something happen to a Malaga pauper, and Phippsburg pays the bill, it’s a scandal.”(87) The last example of a prejudice action is when Mrs. Cobb is taken aback from the presence of Lizzie standing in her house. “Oh sweet Jesus. A Negro girl standing in my house.”(107) Mrs. Cobb
In the novel Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy you are introduced to the prejudice citizens of Phippsburg, Maine. This novel takes place in the year 1912, just 37 years after the civil war ended. The main character’s friendship with a negro girl living on Malaga Island is disapproved of by the citizens of Phippsburg. In this paper you will learn how the community of Phippsburg express their contempt toward the African Americans living on Malaga Island in the things that they say, do, and think. All these things suggest that absolute prejudice opinions exist. Firstly, the citizens of Phippsburg express their contempt by the cruel things that they say. An excellent example of this would be in the beginning of the novel when the town’s leaders were watching Lizzie Bright, a negro girl living on Malaga Island, scramble down a tree. Deacon Hurd said, “would you look at that monkey go?”(19) One of the men motioned for his gun as Lizzie descended the tree and sprinted home. Another man suggested that Lizzie thought that he was going to shoot her. “Wouldn’t have been any …show more content…
When Turner and Lizzie are lost out at sea in the dory and finally return to an unpleased Deacon Hurd, Turner asked to board the Deacon's boat because Lizzie was injured. “Hurt or not, no Jonah’s daughter is stepping foot on this boat” Deacon Hurd told Turner.(83) When the two children were finally towed back to shore everyone kept their distance as Turner guided Lizzie to get help.(84) Another town leader, Mr. Stonecrop was outraged for having to pay for Lizzie’s medical bill. “God sees fit to let something happen to a Malaga pauper, and Phippsburg pays the bill, it’s a scandal.”(87) The last example of a prejudice action is when Mrs. Cobb is taken aback from the presence of Lizzie standing in her house. “Oh sweet Jesus. A Negro girl standing in my house.”(107) Mrs. Cobb