’The New Girl’ analysis

The story takes place in a white lower-middle-class neighborhood. The neighborhood is called Prospect Street. Only 2 kids live in the block, Allison and the narrator, so they have to be friends whether they like it or not. Allison is 10 years old while the narrator is only 8, so Allison is a kind of role model to him. A day like any other, where they almost crash, the narrator hears a laugh and turns his head to find a small girl. They smile at each other, though the peace soon being disturbed by Allison. She calls the girl nigger and scares her away. The girl tries explaining that she thought they could play but Allison calls her nigger again. The girl walks back to her house. As Allison and the narrator slowly leaves they talk about who she was. She moved in a week ago and Allison’s mom claims it’ll ruin their house if they stay. As they drove away from the house the little girls mother looks out the window with eyes filled with rage.

The story takes place in USA, Prospect Street. It’s the narrators, and writers, childhood setting. The narrator says, ‘It was a hot, bright day’. He tells us how the sun is shining and warming up the place, which makes it seem like summer. Therefor we can say that the setting is a summer day in USA, Prospect Street probably around the 1940’s.

There are 3 important characters in the story the narrator, Allison and the little girl. The narrator is an 8.year-old boy. He’s innocent, in the way that he doesn’t judge other people, but generally thinks of them as good people, in other words he doesn’t have any prejudice against other people. He’s also a person that reflects upon their decisions and how they hurt others, ‘my stomach was twisted in a tight knot’. Allison is much more different form the narrator. She’s 10 years old and everything but innocent. Allison sounds racist, we don’t know for sure, but