Byatt writes, "In the foreground is the life of the black people whose courage and dignity and affection is felt to be almost indomitable. ... The song that Sethe sings to her children becomes a focal point of Sethe's eventual recognition of her lost daughter, "I made that song up," said Sethe. "I made it up and sang it to my children. Nobody knows that song but me and my children." ... Sethe's own song to her children is both Sethe's own "code" of recognition, like her own mother could be recognised by a "cross burned right into her sk...

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King talks of his mother as being the strong silent type. ... Besides being a pillar of strength for the family, she never became used to the idea of segregation and according to King "Instilled a sense of self respect in all of her children from the very beginning" . King also talks of the common problem amongst Negro mothers of the time, and trying to explain to their children the idea of discrimination and segregation. ... The phrase "You are as good as anyone" was very common in conversation between Negro mothers and their children. ... Martin Luther King's father was inversely to his...

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• Grade Level: High School