In the short story "Recitatif", Morrison removes all racial codes from the narrative, for which racial identity is crucial in order, to give out a message that race is not important to become friends. ... " (Morrison 39) In Toni Morrison's short story "Recitatif", Morrison sets up expectations and breaks them down by showing us how much we rely on limited and stereotypical information in order to draw conclusions about certain characters and certain events. ... "The Bluest Eye" and "Recitatif" presents a complex and intricate representation of ...

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