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Identifier
Thesis
1785
Author
Medor, Lisa M., 1972-
Title
Communities
in
conflict
/
Lisa
M
.
Medor
Publisher
Central Connecticut State University
Date of Publication
2004
Resource Type
Master's Thesis
Abstract
The
focus
on
communities
and their
impact
on
characters
,
individually
and in
groups
,
is
a
major
theme
that
runs
throughout
Toni
Morrison's
novels
.
It
is
when
the
communities
are in
conflict
with
each
other
and their
members
that
Morrison
reveals
the
importance
of these
integral
bonds
.
Through
a
close
reading
of
Toni
Morrison's
Beloved
, The
Bluest
Eye
, and
Song
of
Solomon
,
I
have
shown
that the
characters
are
unable
to
survive
either
physically
or
psychologically
in the
absence
of
community
, as
Morrison
defines
this
term
.
First
,
I
analyzed
the
importance
of
specific
communities
in the
novels
. In
order
to
define
community
as
it
appears
in the
novels
,
I
discussed
the
similarities
between
the
novels
, as
well
as
subtle
differences
,
when
they
existed
.
Each
novel
is
set
in a
different
time
period
in or
near
Ohio
, and
each
reflects
themes
from
African
American
history
,
yet
Morrison
does
not
simplistically
use
place
and
time
, but
complicates
her
historical
contexts
with the
philosophical
,
psychological
and
physical
struggles
of her
characters
as they
react
and
act
within
their
communities
.
Further
,
community
groups
, not
just
individual
characters
also
act
and
react
to
larger
hegemonic
forces
such
as
institutionalized
racism
.
Immediate
and
extended
families
,
kinship
groups
,
friendships
, and
segments
of the
African
American
community
defined
by
class
and
gender
are in
cooperation
and
conflict
at
different
times
within
each
novel
.
Each
novel
is
highlighted
when
situations
occur
where
community
interacts
with the
characters
, or
when
the
absence
of
community
is
apparent
. The
research
shows
that the
demise
of a
character
often
correlates
with their
inability
to
embrace
or
interact
with the
surrounding
community
. For
example
,
Sethe
and
Denver
in
Beloved
are
ostracized
from the
larger
African
American
community
around
them, and,
more
specifically
, from the
women
around
them,
beginning
with the
overly
generous
feast
at
Baby
Suggs
'
house
, and then
further
by
Sethe's
physical
violence
. This
isolation
deepens
as the
past
encroaches
on their
present
, and
it
is
through
Denver's
reaching
out
again
to the
larger
community
of
women
that
Sethe
escapes
physical
and
emotional
death
. In The
Bluest
Eye
family
and
social
groups
are
juxtaposed
and
compared
even
when
they
do
not
directly
interact
.
Yet
Morrison
explores
the
effects
of the
same
social/historical
forces
,
such
as
racism
,
sexism
, and
domestic
violence
on
each
cluster
of
characters
, and
employs
the
single
character
of
Pecola
as the
fellow
victim
and the
link
between
the
communities
. The
different
forces
that
exist
within
the
community
are
analyzed
in
each
novel
and have at
least
one
chapter
each
. There are
many
rules
that
exist
within
the
communities
that
determine
how
others
view
a
particular
character
and
it
is
once
these
rules
are
broken
that the
character
begins
to
experience
pain
and
alienation
. In the
examination
of these
forces
and
rules
,
it
is
clear
that the
characters
within
Toni
Morrison's
novels
need
to
connect
with the
larger
community
in
order
to
thrive
.
Subject
Morrison, Toni -- Characters
Department
Department of English
Advisor
Mentzer, Melissa
Type
Text
Digital Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
OCLC number
61660275
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