Socio-Economic Equality and Social Justice in Adrienne Brown's "The River" (Essay Sample)

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Nature Fights Back in Brown's "The River"
Sometimes fantasy and fictional stories go against their tendencies to affirm our complacency as humans despite the challenges yet to be conquered, such as overcoming continuously changing climate, doing away with racism and racial injustice, and even poverty eradication. Through various literary aspects such as non-human elements, a section of authors of these fictional stories have been able to find a way of jeering their audiences out of a conviction of their powerlessness and limitations and to reassure them that it's okay for them not to do anything about that which is beyond their capabilities because they are not the only superheroes expected to fix the challenges that confront humanity in the world. In her book, "The River," Adrienne Maree Brown, American author, and co-editor exemplifies these writers when she uses non-human features to give hope amid hopelessness and powerlessness and reassure humans that nature will fight for social justice and equality. Through "The River," Brown creates a story that advocates for socio-economic equality and social justice. The waves from the river act as the strange agent of justice, which targets the upper echelons of society.
The fictional story "The River" sets off in a seeming reconstruction era, a time when slavery had ended, and America was grappling with determining African Americans' legal status and integrating them into the social-economic fabric of the country. It exemplifies a period in which African Americans are subjected to untold social injustice and social-economic inequalities, including limited access to resources for economic sustainability such as land. The grandfather tells the water women that "black people come from a big spacious place, under a great big sky. this little country here, we have to