... novel detracted from the overall credibility of the story, forcing the reader to view it as merely fiction rather than historical fiction. Other novels about slavery, such as "The Narrative of Frederick Douglass," contain all factual information about the life of a slave and how cruel ... made the story more one-sided. The story was told from mainly a narrator's perspective, but that perspective wholly embodied Morrison's opinion. Other novels that have been written from a narrative point of view, such as "Heart of Darkness," by Joseph Conrad, can still be considered credible ... and hi...

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... , New York and began to work as an editor for Random House, which gave her free time in the evenings to raise her two small children as well as write novels. She moved to New York City where she continued to work as an editor for Random House in 1968. Morrison became a senior editor eventually and was the only African American ... as a publisher, she published books by several African American writers. She also enjoyed lecturing across the country, teaching part-time, and writing many novels ("Toni Morrison Biography"). The Bluest Eye was Morrison's first novel. Her novels are all carefu...

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Toni Morrison, one of the most remarkable African American authors and her novels remind readers that there is a past to remember. African American literature, has its origins in the 18th century, has helped African Americans to find their voice in a country where laws ... stereotypes and African American women have been develop to be seen as "living human being[s] with [their] own desires and needs" (Christian, Black Feminist Criticism 16). Within the novels, Toni Morrison presents the complex stories of African American experience, and especially African American women's experience and the...

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Morrison's novels, Beloved, The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon and Tar Baby, reveal a unity and a consistency in her vision of the human condition. One particular preoccupation is with the effect of ... by her memories and her isolation with the ghost of Beloved (haunted by slavery), until the community intervenes and saves her.) There are a number of similar themes which pervade the novels: in Song of Solomon, Milkman Dead's spiritual quest is part of an actual journey during which he must confront his past and his origins. (Compare with Paul D.'s need to confront ... ...

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