"Tar Baby," by Toni Morrison, manages numerous issues and subjects. ... Than why don't you settle down and stop acting like it" (Morrison 1996, p.121). ... The triumph of ingenuity that had transferred the bored treachery of the sea into a playful gush of water that did exactly what it was told" (Morrison 1996, p.222). ... Not surprisingly, "she was grateful to be far away from his original-dime ways, his white-folks-black-folks primitivism" (Morrison 1996, p.277). ... Consequently, it is conceivable to presume that Toni Morrison has figured out how to portray the dis...

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However, throughout Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon, the positive nature of this intense affection is challenged. Morrison explores the detrimental effects of a lack of mutuality when it comes to love. ... Morrison's italization of this word is used to highlight a certain distinction. ... However, the bible, a profound reference for Morrison's novel, does not associate sex with love. As a result, Morrison was able to analyze the distinction between the two and reflects it through the characters of Hagar and Milkman....

• Word Count: 1436
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Toni Morrison was born as Chloe Wofford on February 18, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio, near Cleveland. ... To help pay for Toni's education, her father worked three jobs. ... In 1970, her first novel The Bluest Eye was published under the name of Toni Morrison. ... In the novel Sula, author Toni Morrison proves that love is not easy. ... Toni Morrison's Sula expresses death in this way, as a part of life. ...

• Word Count: 1824
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Living Through The Eyes Of Slavery Beloved, by Toni Morrison, explores the physical, emotional, and spiritual devastations created by slavery. ... (Morrison, 171) When she is with Beloved, Sethe gets, paralyzed in the past. ... (Morrison, 77) Dubinsky 6 When Beloved compels him to have sex with her, the tobacco box gets opened. ... (Morrison, 123) His confession for true love allows the tobacco lid to reopen. ...

• Word Count: 2030
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School