| At the beginning of 17th century, European countries | | | | situation because her only child Snooks is dying of |
| began exploring and colonizing many different areas of | | | | double Pneumonia and whooping cough, she wants to |
| the world. The last half of the 19th century saw the | | | | call a real Dr for her medical check up but Dr would |
| height of European colonial power around the globe. | | | | not come to check Black lady's child. But she does not |
| France, Belgium, Germany, and especially Great Britain, | | | | realize her position and hopes that Dr will come. |
| controlled over half the world. Along with this | | | | Then there comes a neighboring lady Sara who is |
| achievement came a notable sense of pride and | | | | considered to be a witch and knows the treatment of |
| confident belief that European civilization was the best | | | | pneumonia by herbs and magic, she advised Rannie to |
| on earth. | | | | try some home remedies but Rannie scornfully rejects |
| The color of a person's soul is often contrasted to the | | | | because she does not believe in that swap magic that |
| color of their skin. A black-souled, white-skinned person | | | | Sara practices. |
| is thought to be evil and dishonest. Black skinned was | | | | Rannie goes again and again to the Dr but that white |
| considered slaves. White men considered superior and | | | | Dr does nothing infact he is constantly repulsed with |
| civilized while on the other hand black were considered | | | | her bad breath and unwashed appearance. At the end |
| slaves, inferior who had a need to be civilized. | | | | defeated and hopeless Rannie allows Sara to do |
| But these white men are outwardly civilized but | | | | something. After examining Snooks Sara announces |
| inwardly they are inferior, cheap, savage, cruel, tyrant, | | | | that only one thing that can save his life is STRONG |
| prejudice, who themselves had a need to be civilized. | | | | HORSE TEA (horse urine). Rannie goes outside into |
| Alice Walker is a female writer of USA. She has | | | | the rain, chases down the horse and uses her shoe as |
| written a lot on the rights of black people in USA | | | | container to catch the tea and we see that while she |
| because she herself was a black woman even her | | | | is collecting a horse kicks her down. And the feelings |
| heroines are black women struggling to emerge from | | | | of pity aroused as we see that Rannie is collecting tea |
| a history of oppression in the society of white people | | | | on the one hand while on the other her son has just |
| and abused by Black males who have failed women | | | | passed away in the hands of Sara. |
| and themselves. | | | | It was the disaster and end of the mother to lose her |
| Alice wrote a short story named as STRONG | | | | only child only because of the ignorance of the white |
| HORSE TEA. Story is basically about a black female | | | | Dr. and it shows not only injustice, cruelty, savagery, |
| Rannie Toomer who becomes the victim of white | | | | exploitation of the white but the darker aspect of the |
| man's exploitation as she is unmarried but her child | | | | society of white where success worship is its religion. |
| Snooks is all for her. She is shown in the helpless | | | | |