First, with narration comes the idea of the first-person point of view, in which, allows readers to receive an idea of direct contact with the character. In “Recitatif” by Toni Morrison, the author presents the life of two female characters, Roberta and Twyla. At the age of 8, both girls were put in an orphanage and meet again as adults. However, during one of their accounts of their past, one recollection involved the event with another character Maggie. Twyla is the main character and also the narrator in the story describes an event where both girls see Maggie get bullied and didn’t take action on the situation. As the story progresses the author uses Twyla to describe the events in a first-person account, from Twyla’s perspective to her
