... culture, which does not rely on words to convey expression; her use of streams of consciousness and non-linear narrative represent such a lyrical style. A. S. Byatt writes, "In the foreground is the life of the black people whose courage and dignity and affection is felt to be almost indomitable. Their names are the no-names of non-people and are as alive as jazz with their quiddity ... and idiosyncrasy." The past and the present are not separate within "Beloved"; they appear as a single entity, without any means of ... , often they are codes, ways to break an enforced silence, they con...

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... fantasies or beliefs about transcending their circumstances. For Pecola, a belief that if she had blue eyes she would have an ideal life guides her; for Pecola's mother, movies provide that same hope and escape. Claudia and Frieda find courage in the fertility of the earth as they associate growing seeds with the wellbeing of other characters. These characters create fantasies in the attempt ... to find comfort and adapt to their society, but what they end up finding is isolation and lack of fulfillment as their fantasies cannot satiate ... for Pecola. Pecola results in having very simi...

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