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Toni Morrison Biography Books Facts

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Morrison, Toni (1931- ), American writer, whose works deal with the black experience and celebrate the black community. Morrison’s work features mythic elements, sharp observation, […]

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Introduction

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After publishing four novels, Toni Morrison had already established herself as one of the most popular and successful black female writers of her time. With […]

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Toni Morrison

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Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio. Growing up during the Depression, Morrison witnessed the struggle of her […]

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Plot Summary

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A Part I In Beloved, Toni Morrison chronicles the hardships Sethe and her family endure before, during, and after the American Civil War. The novel […]

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Characters

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A Stamp Paid Stamp Paid was originally named Joshua, but he renamed himself after he “handed over his wife to his master’s son” and gave […]

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Themes

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A Human Condition A1 Race and Racism “You got two feet, not four,” Paul D tells Sethe when she reveals her secret to him, and […]

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Construction

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Narration/Point of View For the most part, Beloved uses a third-person narrator-one who tells the story by describing the action of other people (“he said” […]

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Historical Perspective

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A The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 One of the central events of the novel-Sethe’s attack on her children-is described as “her rough response to […]

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Questions

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The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 changed the way free states were required to deal with fugitive slaves, leading to Sethe’s terrible response to her […]