Toni Morrison is the author of seven, critically acclaimed, novels and a professor at Princeton University. She won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel Beloved and received grater recognition when in 1993, she received the Nobel Prize for Literature, the first African- American women to do so. Born Chloe Anthony Wofford in Ohio, Morrison received her undergraduate degree at Howard University and completed her master's degree at ... a member of the prevailing/mainstream society. Instantly, her views become aligned with those of the town and she "belonged to the town and all of its ways" (Morrison,...

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... One of the novel ends with Sula's departure. When Sula returns to Medallion, Part Two begins, and the plot resumes and moves rapidly toward Sula's death. She betrays Nel by sleeping with Jude in the eighth section; the community in the ninth section; and in the tenth section vilifies her, she dies, believing her life had no meaning or purpose ... four intertwine to affect the beliefs and actions of individuals. Several other novels followed in quick succession: Song of Solomon (1977), Tar Baby (1981), Beloved (1987), Jazz (1992), and Paradise (1998). Besides being a popular novelist, To...

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