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Grew up in Atlanta and graduated from Yale University, Packer makes her mark with her famous short story collection Drinking Coffee Elsewhere which was published in Encyclopedia.
The story is about an African-American girl who tries to discover herself and find her place in the white society. While doing so, she uses the act of pretending as a means of escaping from the reality, and this complicates her pursuit of exploring herself. This paper aims to examine the story and the self discovery of the character in terms of race, class and gender.
Dina, from Baltimore is a freshman honor-roll student in Yale University. One can observe the escapism of Dina which emerges once she starts to the university. For instance, she rejects to play Trust with the white boys and escapes from them in the orientation games. As a person of color, she should not have to fit into any white, patriarchal system Packer Throughout the time, as the white Americans live with the blacks, they have begun to learn and experience the race issue.
When the counselor is examined, she is a white blonde person, and she represents the white Americans. She knows how to treat a black person.
While doing so, she both simplifies the situation and contributes to the African-American system in the white community as a tool of the white system. Dina wants to take part in another game in which everyone gets together, forms a circle, tells their name and what inanimate object they want to be.
When the counselor asks her why she has chosen to become a revolver, she gives the architecture of the university as a reason. The reason why Dina has chosen to become a revolver may be associated with escapism. In this context, the revolver is a metaphoric symbol. It is a tool used with which people protect themselves in real life.
Furthermore, throughout the story, because Dina has a tendency to escape from herself and other people around her, she considers the revolver as an instrument to protect herself from the society. A provocative short story collection planted at fertile and futile crossroads of self and surroundings. Introducing a new star of her generation, an electric debut story collection about mixed-race and African-American teenagers, women, and men struggling to find a place in their families and communities.
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