In Toni Morrison’s essay entitled “Recitatif” she discusses about a friendship conflict between two girls; one black and another white. The two girls, Twyla and Roberta, meet at St. Bonaventure orphanage. They become friends not because of their age but because both of their mothers are alive. Twyla’s mother party a lot and Roberta’s mother is sick. The way the essay is written, the race of both girls is unclear, whether who is white or black. Many years later, the girls meet at the restaurant where Twyla was working for the first time since they left the orphanage. Roberta’s life seems way better than Twyla’s. They meet for the second after five years in the grocery store; when Roberta has two step children and Twyla is married with and has
