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The Cultural Issues Toni Morrison Shows in The Bluest Eye and Song of Solomon Most of Toni Morrison’s novels speak about cultural issues. These issues are centered around the black community, especially the women. An issue shown in The Bluest Eye is self-hate. Another issue shown in the Song of Solomon is financial greed. An analysis of The Bluest Eye and Song of Solomon shows Morrison’s religious allusions, symbol of obsession, and a theme of escaping. First, Morrison uses religious…

I go to Corpus Christi Catholic Church In Macon Mississippi. The congregation here is heavily populated by those of the Hispanic Ethnicity. One of my fellow youth members, named Brisa Chora, is currently age fourteen. She is rapidly approaching her fifteenth birthday which is on April the twentieth. At Mass this past week, Brisa stood up during the allotted time for announcements and told all of the parishioners of her upcoming Quinceanera. She told us that for her party, that will be on on…

Dr. Foster and Macon Dead Senor, his grandfather and father respectively were both wealthy and successful black men. Dr. Foster only considered Macon “as a gentleman friend for Miss Foster since, at twenty-five, he was already a colored man with property. Here Dr. Foster chooses to alienate himself and his daughter from his own people only allowing a negro to court her because he had acquire wealth. Macon Dead Senor, who comes from humble beginning, adopts this…

Song of Solomon” by Toni Morrison is a book construed with many different concepts. Such as, racial inequality, self-identity, and misogyny. Even though those concepts aren’t ones to be slept on, the most thought provoking concept is that a black man as a result of intuitional racism will either have to “Fight or Flight”. The opening scene of the book is a guy named Robert Smith, a life insurance agent, attempting to “fly” from Mercy Hospital to the other side of Lake Superior. (Page 3) It is…

years of 1932 to 1972, the United States Public Health Service conducted an awful experiment with the Tuskegee Institute involving over 500 black male sharecroppers who were infected with syphilis. The earliest phase of the experiment was in 1932 in Macon County, Alabama. They wanted to observe the effects of the disease and trace it back to its evolution. Sadly, these men were placebos. They were not told they had syphilis; they were not warned about the consequences of the disease; and, they…

Toni Morrison’s Songs of Solomon contains several twists and turns, she thrills us with her taste in Greek mythology and African-American folklore. This novel Songs of Solomon captures the real lifestyle of African-Americans back in the old days; the act of betrayal, love, trust, infidelity and most important self-recognition, identity, pride and acceptance. There are several theme of Songs of Solomon namely; Identity, History, Freedom, Racial Discrimination, Peace etc. Let’s briefly…

Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon (1977) is a juxtaposition of classical myth and folklore that is deeply rooted in African American history and folk culture. Unfortunately, much of the criticism of Song of Solomon has tended to focus more on classical myth in a strict literary sense and less on the profound folk cultural context on which her writing is based1. Susan L. Blake says in her article “Folklore and Community in Song of Solomon” that the title of Morrison’s third novel is derived from a…

Strength, Freedom, and Power It is human nature to always want more. More power; more strength; more money; more freedom. Many search for these things through external journeys, but Toni Morrison’s novel Song of Solomon tells the readers that the search for satisfaction should be internal. The novel focuses around the life and journey of Milkman Dead, and the progression of his character as he interacts with more and different characters. Toni Morrison develops Milkman and Pilate Dead’s…

management (Bartley, 2007, p. 33). The baby boomers are competitive in nature (Bartley, 2007, p.29). Baby boomers expect the same commitment from other generations of workers. Many of the leaders in today’s market are members of the baby boomer group (Macon, 2009, p.…

Flowers in the context of the watermark represent Ruth’s life in her home. Her life is dull because her family lacks familial love. Ruth also is deprived of sexual love, but she still clings on to Macon, her husband. Flowers don’t have the capability to leave, so they are patient and still, and wait for love and care in order to grow. The flower shows that Ruth is complacent and is using her motherly right to force herself live in a household where…