In the “So I Ain’t No Good Girl” short story written by Sharon Flake, the character of the “No Good Girl” is both violent and loud. The short story is about what happens one day when the “No Good Girl” was with her player boyfriend, Raheem. She sees him flirting with other girls, so she does many different things to get his attention. Later on in the story, she sees him kissing another girl after she left. In the end, she decides to act like she didn’t see anything. This story is an entertaining story that shows how a girl acts when she has a boyfriend who’s a player. The character of the “No Good Girl” is violent during the course of this story. She chased the good girls with her fist balled up because they laughed at her. “The good girls laugh….I say, going for the one with the run-over shoes….with my fist balled up.” On the bus she dug her elbow
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She even admitted that she is very loud. “I am loud like my mother. When I holler, you can hear me up and down the street and around the corner.” When she goes off on her boyfriend, people across the street turn and stare because of how loud she is. “So when I go off on Raheem, people across the street turn and stare. You my man! What you looking at her for?” Another example of her being loud is when she says that Raheem is hers loudly, so that the good girls can hear her. “Yeah, he mine, I say loud enough for them to hear.” In addition to that, she yells on the bus. “…I’m yelling at the top of my lungs….” Based on the characterization of the “No Good Girl”, the reader can tell that she is a very aggressive teenager. Throughout the entertaining and interesting story she behaves violently and loud because of her boyfriend, Raheem. Even though, he’s a player and abuses her physically/emotionally, she still wants his attention. Towards the end of the story, she sees him kissing someone else, but later decides to act like she didn’t see
She even admitted that she is very loud. “I am loud like my mother. When I holler, you can hear me up and down the street and around the corner.” When she goes off on her boyfriend, people across the street turn and stare because of how loud she is. “So when I go off on Raheem, people across the street turn and stare. You my man! What you looking at her for?” Another example of her being loud is when she says that Raheem is hers loudly, so that the good girls can hear her. “Yeah, he mine, I say loud enough for them to hear.” In addition to that, she yells on the bus. “…I’m yelling at the top of my lungs….” Based on the characterization of the “No Good Girl”, the reader can tell that she is a very aggressive teenager. Throughout the entertaining and interesting story she behaves violently and loud because of her boyfriend, Raheem. Even though, he’s a player and abuses her physically/emotionally, she still wants his attention. Towards the end of the story, she sees him kissing someone else, but later decides to act like she didn’t see