Have you ever thought to yourself, “When I grow up and have kids of my own, I am not going be like my parents”? Most people have, because there is an intergenerational conflict that occurs between all generations. It’s an inevitable imbalance that occurs between older and younger generations that creates a conflict of ideas, morals and values. Paradise, a novel written by Toni Morrison explores the tension between the new generation and the old of the town of Ruby. This tension creates upset and apparent disobedience. The relationship between the young and the old will be compared with the works of Penn, Gibbons, and Suitor to explain their relationship. This all begins with the inevitability of new generations to think as individuals from
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Morrison weaves in clues of inter conflicts in Paradise based on the misunderstanding they have for each other. This is done using dialogue and word choice. Morrison’s use of language distinguishes the elders from the younger generation. If the new generation of Ruby were in charge the Oven would say “Be the Furrow of His Brow”; not over Pulliam’s dead body would he let them change the Oven and his history. This inter discord is not fictional though. The upset between generations is prominently evident in the recent 2016 Presidential …show more content…
While this article goes into depth about the linear relationship between a parent and their adult child’s relationship based on dependency, it makes a strong point that is applicable to the relationships seen in Ruby. Suitor states that “an increase in closeness in parent-child relations [occur] when children begin to share a larger number of adult statuses with their parents” (Suitor 1039). The new generation of Ruby can work with their parents, if they were to just let go and allow them to share their statuses. Once they worked together, the conflict would be subsided. It would not disappear, because it is inevitable that two generations with such differing values and morals completely agree, but if the older generation realized that from a young age this new generation of Ruby thought independently and differently than themselves, the conflict could be
Morrison weaves in clues of inter conflicts in Paradise based on the misunderstanding they have for each other. This is done using dialogue and word choice. Morrison’s use of language distinguishes the elders from the younger generation. If the new generation of Ruby were in charge the Oven would say “Be the Furrow of His Brow”; not over Pulliam’s dead body would he let them change the Oven and his history. This inter discord is not fictional though. The upset between generations is prominently evident in the recent 2016 Presidential …show more content…
While this article goes into depth about the linear relationship between a parent and their adult child’s relationship based on dependency, it makes a strong point that is applicable to the relationships seen in Ruby. Suitor states that “an increase in closeness in parent-child relations [occur] when children begin to share a larger number of adult statuses with their parents” (Suitor 1039). The new generation of Ruby can work with their parents, if they were to just let go and allow them to share their statuses. Once they worked together, the conflict would be subsided. It would not disappear, because it is inevitable that two generations with such differing values and morals completely agree, but if the older generation realized that from a young age this new generation of Ruby thought independently and differently than themselves, the conflict could be