Roberta And Maggie In The Big Girls

The view or reference is significant because initially it was seen to Twyla as a place where the “Big Girls” hung out listening to music and dancing a place that from the onset gave the appearance of being a happy place. It also served as the place where Twyla and Roberta established themselves as allies so to speak against the Big Girls, coming up with names for the big girls that would hurl words back at the older girls when they were being chased by them. Conversely, it was also a place where to friends would unknowingly begin to grow apart due to differences in perception of the incident involving Maggie in the orchard.
The purpose of the constant reflection was to bring back a thought of a time when she and Roberta were friends and had
no animosities amongst themselves. As a matter of fact, these two kids that shared a commonality which as stated by Twyla “We didn’t like each other all that much at first, but nobody else wanted to play with us because we weren’t real orphans with beautiful dead parents in the sky. We were dumped” (p.239).
Morrison’s highlights Twyla’s confusion on what actually happen for several reasons. The first reason being the scene at the “orchard shows how cultural indifferences and how people recall an incident can become tainted/obscured when ethnicities are involved. In the same manner tensions as strong as those presented here can have the ability to divide two people who superficially care for each other.
With this in mind, when people are dissatisfied with themselves as in this case Roberta and Twyla are carrying resentment for what they did and did not do regarding the incident in the orchard. In view of all this constant communication, forgiveness goes a long way as presented here persistence allowed each of the women to admit their shortcomings, thus, opening the door for healing actually to begin. Granted these two women may or may not ever become friends again as they may never be able to accept cultural diversity.