The Other Side
"Someday somebody's going to come along and knock this old fence down," Annie said.
And I nodded. "Yeah," I said. "Someday." Set during the Civil Rights Movement, the story The Other Side clearly illustrated the acceptance of friendship between black and white children. In this story, there was a young white and a young black girl, they were living next door to each other, only with a fence to separate them. Everyday the young girls would stare at each other through the fence, and one day they had the courage to talk to each other. The mother and the other children just stared, didn't say anything or do anything, but eventually the other children started to join in. The children mixed well together, despite they weren't supposed to mix. The fence symbolized a chance for freedom and friendship, the fence was the law, what they weren't allowed to cross. The fence was a borderline. This story clearly used backstory, and real events from history. Part of the backstory was how individuals started to question the status quo after the communities were divided by race boundaries. The story also included weather changes as the mood changed, and eventually when the sun was bright and they all sat on the fence and were happy even though the law was still the same. This book is related to
And I nodded. "Yeah," I said. "Someday." Set during the Civil Rights Movement, the story The Other Side clearly illustrated the acceptance of friendship between black and white children. In this story, there was a young white and a young black girl, they were living next door to each other, only with a fence to separate them. Everyday the young girls would stare at each other through the fence, and one day they had the courage to talk to each other. The mother and the other children just stared, didn't say anything or do anything, but eventually the other children started to join in. The children mixed well together, despite they weren't supposed to mix. The fence symbolized a chance for freedom and friendship, the fence was the law, what they weren't allowed to cross. The fence was a borderline. This story clearly used backstory, and real events from history. Part of the backstory was how individuals started to question the status quo after the communities were divided by race boundaries. The story also included weather changes as the mood changed, and eventually when the sun was bright and they all sat on the fence and were happy even though the law was still the same. This book is related to
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