The theme of religion and community is not foreign to Toni Morrison. ... Morrison has a sharp insight into people as they relate to their Maker and each other. ... However, it is not until Beloved, her Nobel-prize winning novel about slavery, that Morrison truly examines the relationship of the community and redemption. ... Morrison opens Beloved with two very powerful statements. ... Beloved is a story about slavery, certainly. ...

• Word Count: 3715
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

The theme of religion and community is not foreign to Toni Morrison. ... Morrison has a sharp insight into people as they relate to their Maker and each other. ... However, it is not until Beloved, her Nobel-prize winning novel about slavery, that Morrison truly examines the relationship of the community and redemption. ... Morrison opens Beloved with two very powerful statements. ... Beloved is a story about slavery, certainly. ...

• Word Count: 3712
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel, The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison, the evils inflicted upon blacks by a white society indoctrinated by the inherent beauty of whiteness and ugliness of blackness are thoroughly depicted. ... (Morrison 89). ... (Morrison 90). ... Junior kills his mother's (Geraldine) beloved cat. ... (Morrison 92). ...

• Word Count: 1667
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School