Red at the Bone Setting

This Study Guide consists of approximately 45 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Red at the Bone.

Red at the Bone Setting

This Study Guide consists of approximately 45 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Red at the Bone.
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Brooklyn

Much of the story takes place in Brooklyn where Sabe and Po'Boy moved after their son Benjamin's death as a child. The home the family occupies in Brooklyn is clearly one of wealth: a brownstone with an "upright piano beneath framed portraits of ancient family members" (76). It is here in which Melody and her family is celebrating her sixteenth birthday, a kind of coming-of-age ceremony. They have a live orchestra playing an instrumental rendition of Prince’s “Darling Nikki" and a slew of food following the ceremony. Afterwards, Malcolm comments on how Melody's family is "bougie as all get-out" (172).

Importantly, the setting of Brooklyn is a backdrop to the drastically different socioeconomic circumstances of Iris and Aubrey's families. While Iris grew up with wealth, Aubrey and his mother lived in poverty, a stark difference which permeated the relationship of the characters. Therefore, although Brooklyn is the home of...

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