So I Ain T No Good Girl Summary

Relationship Drama
In the “So I Ain’t No Good Girl” short story, Sharon Flake writes a story about the relationship and life of a girl and a boy named Raheem. They have been together for two years now. Even though they’ve been together, the characters have tons of conflicts and are very doubting of each other. The girl wants to be herself, but people say ruthless things about her. “She doesn’t want to be like them good girls, plain and pitiful.” She has a very strong and rude personality. At the bus stop and even on the bus, she yells out her anger, not caring about others. While waiting at the bus stop, she frightens other girls with her tone of voice. Flake uses realistic, descripted details and point of view to portray the character

in “So I Ain’t No Good Girl.”
The girl has an absence of self-discipline and tries to be tough. “The girl keeps her mouth shut and squinty eyes looking down on the ground”, when she tries to scare the girl at the bus stop with her words. She has no tolerance and when she gets livid, she yells lots. On page 4, she says, “I am loud like my mother. When I holler, you can hear me up and down the street around the corner.” She is not a likeable character because she has no manners or respect to others. While trying to get to the front of the bus, she “digs her elbows into some girl’s stomach” and “slaps her hand up against another girl’s back.”
She and Raheem should’ve left each other ages ago.

On page 4 and 5, it says that “Raheem takes off his sunglasses and his eyes crawl over one of them good girls.” This proves that Raheem has no interest in the girl, so they should break up. On page 5, she said, ”He’s better than I deserve.” This tells us that they are not the best to be with. On the bus, she “sees Raheem and the red headed girl standing on the corner” from the window. Knowing Raheem cheated on her, she shouldn’t have continued to stay with him.
The girl’s attitude throughout the story was not likeable. Had she changed, the plot would be more realistic. On page 2 and 4, the girl loses control and chases the group of girls with her fist balled tight. If the girl showed some patience or self-control, she would not have had the need to use violence. Throughout the story, Raheem and the girl have lots of arguments. If Raheem and the girl had a better understanding of each other, then they wouldn’t have had the need to have arguments.
The girl has too much drama going on. She has anger issues and no self-discipline; containing a strong personality. She is very impatient, loses control easily, and she doesn’t show any respect towards others. Being with Raheem makes her a dislikeable character. The girl should develop and grow throughout the story, becoming more tolerant and considerate to

others.