Josh PerezĀ
9/11/2020
ENG 1101
The story being told in Triptych: texas pool party by Namwali Serpell is nothing short of amazing it’s a story that’s being told from a multitude of perspectives 3 in particular hence the title being Triptych. Triptych roughly translating to a three panel painting that ultimately is one whole piece of art. Which is what I think serpell was trying to accomplish in her work she told one story from three different perspectives.Ā I believe she does this in order to show how backgrounds and upbringing’s can play a part in terms of understanding police brutality and racial profiling. Which in this case it is the story of a police brutality event in which a 15-year-old black girl was tackled by a white police officer. She starts by telling the story of the girl who was tackled by the officer and how she was having a fun summer day by the pool. The second part of the story peruses is now told by the police officer who tackled the 15 year old girl and he is telling his justification for planting the girl towards the ground. Lastly the last part is being told by the crowd and there reactions although words are never explicitly started when transitioning from perspective you get the idea the person narrating has shifted key sentences like ā what is wrong your hurting her, why are you holding her down for can you not why are you dragging herā give you the idea that someone else is now talking and almost sets you in the scene that’s going on
