Toni Morrison is the author of seven, critically acclaimed, novels and a professor at Princeton University. ... As Sara Blackburn wrote in her review of Sula after the book's release in 1973, "Toni Morrison is someone who really knows how to clank a senten and her dialogue is so compressed and life-like it sizzles (Blackburn)." ... The power of love in Toni Morrison's Sula was manifested in relationships involving family, friendship and sex. ... (Morrison, 69). ... Morrison insists that there is a difference between loving and liking someone. ...

• Word Count: 2614
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

It is the outrageous claim of a slave"(Morrison 1987). These are the words that Toni Morrison used to describe the actions of the central character within the novel, Beloved. ... I went to jail instead"(Morrison 42). ... Toni Morrison, in an effort to describe the motivation and pride of Sethe's character, made the statement, "To kill my children is preferable to having them die"(Morrison 1987). ... Morrison's "Beloved" Community After the abolishment of slavery, the black community became the core of African American culture and life. ...

• Word Count: 3106
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School