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Racial identities are an ideological, social construct and phenomenon adopted by various literature. Many literature authors select the subject of race to identify the existing stereotypes of race in the modern and ancient societies. Toni Morrison reveals her beliefs about racisms through a graphic description of the Recitatif plot. The style allows the reader to experience the true nature of racism and revelation of personal traits without the use of race. In the short story, Recitatif, Morrison deliberately denies her characters, their racial identity contributing to the ambiguity fluctuating between the dominant races, white and black. The author reviews the historical events of the 1960s and 70s that promote the racial identities of White and African-Americans. Changing the expectations of her readers on the solutions based on stereotypes, further spreading the awareness of the racial stereotypes that are controversial topics on human existence (Löchle 4). The ironic nature, literature tricks, and the plot of the story embrace the racial stereotypes unfolding in the narrative. The author engages her readers through a closer reading through the adoption of literary elements, allowing the readers to fill in the gaps in the story. Through their participation, the readers develop an emotional attachment to the characters and the story, generating a deeper understanding and reversal responses. In particular, the ambiguity of racial

Sula by Toni Morrison highlights the themes and expectations that we have been discussing throughout the course. This story illustrates the community expectations for women. A strong basis for a thesis statement for the book Sula could be betrayal. Betrayal in the novel Sula is the central theme that changes the course of life for all characters involved. One example of betrayal happens when Sula sleeps with Nel’s husband. Another basis for a thesis statement could be a mother’s love. In Sula, Morrison revitalizes a theme that is explored in much of her writing: the nature and limits of a mother’s love. When you consider the character of Eva, she is an example of what a mother’s love is and the lengths a mother

Grotesque images of rape, murder, and sexual abuse are recurring throughout Toni Morrison's novel Beloved. The ideals of the white oppressor, be it murder, rape, or sexual abuse were powerful forces that shaped the lives of many of the characters, especially the character Sethe.

In the novel Sula, by Toni Morrison we follow the life of Sula Peace through out her childhood in the twenties until her death in 1941. The novel surrounds the black community in Medallion, specifically "the bottom". By reading the story of Sula’s life, and the life of the community in the bottom, Morrison shows us the important ways in which families and communities can shape a child’s identity. Sula not only portrays the way children are shaped, but also the way that a community receives an adult who challenges the very environment that molded them. Sula’s actions and much of her personality is a direct result of her childhood in the bottom. Sula’s identity contains many elements of a strong, independent feminist

Two young girls, coalescing on a grass-laden field while lying on their stomachs, dig a hole in unspoken harmony. A picture of youth and innocence, this scene depicts an innocuous moment which the two girls share as a result of their juvenescence--or does it? In Toni Morrison 's Sula, this scene, among others, appears at first to be both irrelevant to the novel’s underlying theme and out of place with regard to the rest of the plot. Yet, when analyzed further, the literary devices that Morrison uses in these scenes bring readers to a vastly different conclusion. These scenes serve as windows into the mind of Morrison and even into the larger themes present in the text. So, perhaps two girls sharing a seemingly casual experience is not as

Racism and sexism are both themes that are developed throughout the novel Sula, by Toni Morrison. The book is based around the black community of "The Bottom," which itself was established on a racist act. Later the characters in this town become racist as well. This internalized racism that develops may well be a survival tactic developed by the people over years, which still exists even at the end of the novel. The two main characters of this novel are Nel Wright and Sula Peace. They are both female characters and are often disadvantaged due to their gender. Nel and Sula are depicted as complete opposites that come together to almost complete one another through their once balanced

The famous novel ‘Sula’ is written by Toni Morrison. Toni Morrison is the Robert F. Goheen professor of Humanities, Emeritus at Princeton University. She received the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. In 1993 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She lives in Rockland County, New York, and Princeton, New Jersey. Toni Morrison is not just an important contemporary novelist, but a major figure in our national literature. “Sula novel examines the dynamics of friendship and the expectations for conformity within the black community” (Morrison, Toni). The main character in this novel ‘Sula’ is Sula Peace. She is the daughter of Hannah Peace and granddaughter of Eva Peace. Sula Peace has a best friend Nel Wright.

The atrocities of slavery know no bounds. Its devices leave lives ruined families pulled apart and countless people dead. Yet many looked away or accepted it as a necessary part of society, even claiming it was beneficial to all. The only way this logic works is if the slaves are seen as less than human, people who cannot be trusted to take care of themselves. In Toni Morrison’s Beloved the consequences of a lifetime of slavery are examined. Paul D and seethe, two former slaves have experienced the worst slavery has to offer. Under their original master, Mr. Garner the slaves were treated like humans. They were encouraged to think for themselves and make their own decisions. However, upon the death of Mr. Garner all of that changes. Under

African-American author Toni Morrison, in her novel, Beloved, explores the experience and roles of black men and women in a racist society. She describes the black culture which is born out of a period of slavery just after the Civil War. In her novel she intends to show the reality of what happened to the slaves in the institutionalized slave system. In Beloved, the slaves working on the Sweet Home experiences brutality, violence, torture and are treated like animals. Morrison shows us what it means to live like a slave as she sheds light on the painful past of African-Americans and reveals the buried experiences for better understanding of African-American history. In the story of Beloved, special importance is given to the horrors and tortures of slavery to remind the readers about the American past. Morrison reinvents the past because she does not want the readers to forget what happened in African-American history.

Toni Morrison's Sula is a novel that has a theme about the nature of evil. The story follows the lives of two black female friends who present differing views on evil. On one hand, we have society's conventional view of evil represented by the character of Nel and also seen in the Bottom's disapproval of Sula. The other view of evil is seen through the character of Sula and through her actions, which conflict with traditional society. The friendship of Sula and Nel is how the author conveys her message about evil in the relationship. In the relationship the two different conceptions of evil mix and create an essentially neutral mixture. By looking at Nel's and Sula's friendship and the two different views of evil that they

Toni Morrison’s Beloved shows the dehumanization of slavery and its effects on African-Americans and their basic forms of existence—specifically motherhood. Morrison depicts the strong maternal bond between Sethe and her children. Most importantly, her use of Sethe’s controversial act of infanticide shows the lengths that Sethe will take to protect her children from slavery. Morrison’s depiction of Sethe’s motherhood shows how slavery has deconstructed the Eurocentric expectations and traditions of motherhood and gender for black women. Rather than victimize Sethe’s as an enslaved woman, Morrision decides to celebrate her triumphs and suffering in Beloved. Therefore, Sethe’s identity as an enslaved black mother deconstructs the expectations of Eurocentric gender roles with her exertion of independence and control for the benefit of her children.

Gender is most commonly referred to as the state of being male or female. The gender ascribed to a child at birth determines the role that they are expected to assume within society and society’s perception of them. Meanwhile, the term ethnicity is most commonly understood to be the categorisation of people along lines of common heritage and shared national or cultural tradition. The interplay between gender and ethnicity is heavily determined by the cultural context individuals find themselves in as both concepts are fluid and have no fixed state. Toni Morrison, author of ‘The Bluest Eye’ and Maxine Hong Kingston, author of ‘The Woman Warrior’ both explore the intersectionality of gender and ethnicity and how these classifications help: shape ideas of masculinity, determine the role of women within society, dictate ideas of beauty and how ideas of gender and ethnicity are influenced by American ideals.

Part two of Toni Morrison’s Paradise tells stories from the past and the present of a number of characters that are all linked in one way or another to the town of Haven and Ruby and to each other. The stories focus on the formation of the town and its ancestors, but mostly on the backstories of the women who ended up together at the Convent. Their stories are similar in the sense that they experienced abuse or mistreatment in their lives that prompted them to seek safety and peace elsewhere. The men of Ruby grew to hate the women of the Convent and what they stood for, which was change and individualism. The men did not view the patriarchal society of Ruby as harmful to women. They thought that under their control, “their women” were

Traditionally, motherhood is thought to be one of the most amazing occurrences to happen to a woman. From my experiences, the idea and anticipation of bearing and being eternally responsible for a child reigns excitement through the veins of many young women today. However, many young women may not be ready for the vast responsibilities of motherhood and therefore, may participate in neglectful behavior. Toni Morrison’s short story titled “Recitatif”, reflects on the evolving lives of two friends, Twyla and Roberta. Throughout the story, Morrison intentionally depicts the theme of motherhood in a negative, non-traditional way to shed light on realistic problems within families and households. The two main characters, Twyla and Roberta, were both abandoned by their mothers. They were eventually sent to a children’s home, St. Bonny’s, where they quickly bonded over their resentment for their “sick” mothers. The two friends, along with others from St. Bonny’s, often mocked and made fun of a crippled, mute, kitchen worker named Maggie. In “Recitatif”, Morrison uses Maggie as a parallel to the mother-daughter relationships between the two friends and their mothers, specifically Twyla and her mother.

One hundred years ago Toni Morrison would have been marching on the front line with 5,000 women marching on Washington for suffrage because she is lecturer and educator she would of likely have sought out education. Because at that time education was not readily available to women, Morrison would have found away because she has in this time dedicated her life's work to empowering Humanity with the education she would have worked as a library janitor. This would have given her access to all the great literary works, which she could of study from in order to educate herself and empower others. Believe Morrison would have been an early social analyst