Q. DISCUS DISCUSS S THE THE RACIAL RACIAL DISCRI DISCRIMIN MINA ATION TION IN THE STOR STORY ‘STRONG HORSE TEA’. Q. DISCUS DISCUSS S THE THE ART ART OF CHARA CHARATER TERIZA IZATIO TION N IN ‘STRON ‘STRONG G HORSE TEA, BY ALICE WALKER. Q. DESCRIBE THE MISERABLE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH SNOOKS DIES IN THE STORY ‘STRONG HORSE TEA’ BY ALICE WALKER. Characterization is the change that occurs in a character throughout the story. The change can be either a physical one or an emotional one. In the story "Strong Horse Tea," by Alice Walker the characters go through changes that efect ening o! story. story. Characterization also occurs in stories through the eyes o! other characters an ho they #ie the main person in a story. A char charac acte ter$ r$s s chan change ge in the the stor story y ill ill e#en e#entu tuall ally y lea lea to the the resul esult, t, an ine#itabl ine#itably y the en o! the story. story. In "Strong "Strong Horse Tea" Tea" change in the main charac character ters s is #ery #ery e#ie e#ient. nt. %anni %annie e &ae Toomer$ oomer$s s change change in the story story is apparent to the reaer an auience. She goes through both an emotional change as ell as a change in her belie!s 'both spiritually an on ho she #ie #iee e peop people le(. (. %annie annie is a blac black k oma oman n li#i li#ing ng in Amer Americ ica a uri uring ng its its oppressi#e years, ith her in!ant son, Snooks. Her son is #ery sick an in esperate nee o! meicine. %annie is con#ince that a hite octor ill come an #isit her an take care o! her son. %annie, hoe#er, oes not realize her situation, an hopes still that a octor ill come.
"Lord, ! do#$% %!&% do'%or 'o() o# !)r)*" %annie keeps on hoping, an not alloing Sarah, the itch octor to help her. %annie belie#es that Sarah)s help ill be e#il, an that the hite octor ill soon come. $We going to ha#e us a octor,$ %annie Toomer sai *ercely, alking o#er to ri#e aay a !at inter +y !rom her chil$s !orehea.
$I do#$% +)-)) -# #o#) o/ %!&% 0&(1 (&2-'.$ %annie is unaare o! ho she is an ho others #ie her. She oes not realize that the color o! her skin is oppressing her. %annie is con#ince that the mailman ho as her only connection to the outsie orl can help her out. The mailman, hoe#er, has other #ies about %annie. He sees her as an animal ith absolutely no intelligence.
"R&##-), )&#-#2 o)r !-( o3% o/ %!) r&-# 0()% -4) & )% 2o&%." %annie is con#ince that the mailman ill get octor !or her, but as the time passes she comes to the realization that Sarah is her only hope. $B3% I %od o3,$ %anni %annie e Toomer oomer sai sai in annoya annoyance nce,, as i! epla eplaini ining ng someth something ing to a backar chil. $I &04)d %!) (&-(&# %o +r-#2 & do'%or /or ( S#oo40.$ The reaer can see the esperation that %annie is eperiencing eperiencing hen she *nally lets Sarah help the ying chil. %annie began to cry. the reaer can see the emotional change that %annie is going through. %annie has to gi#e up on her !aith an #ie on li!e, ith the small chance that it ill sa#e her baby. baby. $H)r)’, she crie, snatching up the baby an haning him to Sarah. "M&4) !-( ). O ( L&d, (&4) !-( )5$ At this point in the story, the reaer knos that the con+ict ill be reso#le. %annie is at a point o! hopelessness an ill o almost anything Sarah tells
her to o to try an sa#e her son. "$I$ do &#%!-#2 o3 0& do, A3#% S&r&!,6 she crie. The reaer sees the #isible change in %annie$s outlook. She is no illing to accept the itch remeies that earlier in the story she isregare. Sarah tells %annie that the only ay to cure Snooks, is i! he rinks "Strong Horse Tea," hich the reaer can eri#e is horse)s urine. %annie procees in the pouring rain to go an !etch some. -ut o! pure espair, %annie is !orce to store the "tea" in her mouth because she has !orgotten a container. The ironic part is that the reaer alreay knos that %annie$s baby has passe aay an %annie ill not be able to sa#e him. The elicate breathing ha stoppe ith the thuner, not to come again. %annie has gone through a psychological change at the en o! the story. She has come to the aareness o! her situation an no has to come to !ace it. She realizes that she is of color, an that the orl ill treat her iferently. In coming to this realization, %annie also has to put her belie!s asie so that she can try to sa#e her son. %annie unerstans that her belie!s ill ha#e to come secon in trying to sa#e her son. %annie$s son Snooks also goes through a change, but his is a physical one. Snooks at the en o! the story ies, an there!ore has change. The main character is actually the institution o! the army itsel! an ho it goes through change as one o! its members try to kill himsel!. rea#es is enliste in the army, an !or reason the reaer ne#er really *ns out, tries to kill himsel! on se#eral occasions. He says that he "/hates soliers," an there!ore ante to kill himsel!. The author ne#er re#eals more in!ormation about rea#es. The reaer is ne#er really sure as to hy rea#es ant to kill himsel! an is ne#er in!orme. The character that is most afecte in this story is the Colonel. He goes through an emotional change hen he sees 0ri#ate rea#es staning on the lege getting reay to 1ump2 "3rom here rea#es leane against the circular iron rail." The colonel goes into regression an starts thinking about the past, an ho he as unable to sa#e a li!e o! a !rien. The Colonel ecies that he nees to help 0ri#ate rea#es because he as unable to help his !rien. Someone ruine him as I ruine %alph. / Coul I stop him i! I hollere to him4 5ut %alph ne#er came back hen I calle. 5ut the ki may ie in a minute. The reaer is able to see the Colonel emotional change in that paragraph. A military colonel is suppose to be rigi an col ith no emotions, but this Colonel is going thorough ma1or problems in his hea. He is remembering hen he coul not sa#e the li!e o! his !rien an hope an prays that he can help rea#es not kill his li!e. The Colonel eforts hoe#er are not persuasi#e enough to help rea#es, an he 'rea#es( takes his on li!e2 "0resently he sa the shapeless, hal!6create bay beteen the rungs." A Character plays a crucial role in the story, an ho they gro as characters helps the story come to an en. The character e#elopment helps the con+ict become resol#e.
