She gets angry with him because she has a dependency on shoes for reassuring her of who she is. For the journey the Mistress stuck a letter in the boots so Florens can show someone who she is. The letter says that she is a slave. When the blacksmith comes back and finds that she hurt Malaik, he tells Florens that she is a slave. After hitting the blacksmith with the hammer, Florens says, “I have no shoes. I have no kicking heart no home for tomorrow,” (Morrison 149).She realizes, on her own, who she is, and who she’s always been, she travels back to the farm without shoes and her soles become hard. In the end she says, “See? You are correct. A minha Mae too. I am become wilderness but I am also Florens. In full. Unforgiven. Unforgiving. No ruth, my love. None. Hear me? Slave. Free. I last,” (152). The soles of her feet represented her soul and by wearing shoes, her soul was protected and never got the chance to
She gets angry with him because she has a dependency on shoes for reassuring her of who she is. For the journey the Mistress stuck a letter in the boots so Florens can show someone who she is. The letter says that she is a slave. When the blacksmith comes back and finds that she hurt Malaik, he tells Florens that she is a slave. After hitting the blacksmith with the hammer, Florens says, “I have no shoes. I have no kicking heart no home for tomorrow,” (Morrison 149).She realizes, on her own, who she is, and who she’s always been, she travels back to the farm without shoes and her soles become hard. In the end she says, “See? You are correct. A minha Mae too. I am become wilderness but I am also Florens. In full. Unforgiven. Unforgiving. No ruth, my love. None. Hear me? Slave. Free. I last,” (152). The soles of her feet represented her soul and by wearing shoes, her soul was protected and never got the chance to