“remembering is never a quiet act of introspection or retrospection. It is a painful re-remembering, a putting together of the dismembered past to make sense of the trauma of the present” (in Xu, 2014: 102). According to the researcher, the history of slavery cannot be forgotten. Even though it happened long time ago, I has to take its toll on the coming generations who do not experience it firsthand.
Toni Morrison admits that the memory of slavery and discrimination has to be preserved in the nation. Yet she states that not everyone is ready to rethink the past and to try to understand the events but she believes that this is the only way to possess “ownership of that freed self” (Beloved:1988, 95). That is why, she coins a term rememory
Toni Morrison admits that the memory of slavery and discrimination has to be preserved in the nation. Yet she states that not everyone is ready to rethink the past and to try to understand the events but she believes that this is the only way to possess “ownership of that freed self” (Beloved:1988, 95). That is why, she coins a term rememory