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    In “Recitatif” readers are confronted with different events that are unfolding so that they can recognize the stereotyping that is taking place in society. “Recitatif” opens up for readers to see how we are sometimes more focused on the group that we stereotype the individual character with instead of viewing them as their own person and getting to know them as an individual. I had an issue with which girl is black and which girl is white yet what I adore about the two young girls in the story is

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    Another example of knowing Freud’s psychoanalytic theory can be found in Toni Morrison’s Recitatif where readers can understand how people’s behaviors are founded from their past experiences and their actions are made unintentionally and the person may not even realize what they are doing. In her story‚ it may focus on race but Morrison actually shows the psychoanalytic behaviors from lack of care in each encounter between her main characters. For example‚ the first at St. Bonny’s was based off of

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    but it hasn’t been written yet‚ then you must write it.” (Morrison). In reading Toni Morrison’s short story “Recitatif‚” there are several things that Morrison does for her readers that allow us to relate and make the story our own. Morrison is a prime example of how language and translation play a role in the reader’s experience and what the reader takes away from the story. In “Recitatif” Morrison also helps the reader understand how much the past affects one’s future. “The past is never dead

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    Through language‚ we are able to communicate our emotions‚ as they often reflect what we’re feeling on the inside to those around us whether we want to show it or not. Maggie in “Recitatif” is referred to as a “dummy.” Most kids in St. Bonny’s bully Maggie because these kids think that “she had her tongue cut out” and she also “dress like a kid even at this age“ (Morrison 2). Though‚ Twyla believes that she is just born mute “even for a mute‚ it was dumb-dressing like a kid and never saying anything

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    I am so glad that I chose Toni Morrison’s short story “Recitatif.” Any time that I teach a story I feel that I have a much better understanding and appreciation for the author and the craftsmanship that has gone into writing the story. I love that Morrison wrote a story to open a dialogue and make the reader face some stereotypes that they might have and not even know it. The themes of race and stereotypes are such pivotal ideas in the story. Morrison intentionally does not tell the reader which

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    In Toni Morrison’s “Recitatif‚” the story is about two girls‚ Twyla and Roberta. They grow up in an orphanage because their mothers could not care for them. Morrison makes it clear the girls come from different ethnic backgrounds but never states which one is black or white. At one point in the story Twyla comments‚ “We looked like salt and pepper.” I grew frustrated with the story and had to read it several times. I could never determine who was black and white and the lesson I learned should

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    hinders the formation of positive relationships. In Toni Morrison’s short story Recitatif‚ many stereotypes are presented‚ but issues regarding racism are most dominant and cause conflict among the main characters. The two main characters in Morrison’s story‚ named Roberta and Twyla‚ are immediately presented as being racially different- meaning one girl is white and one is black. The curious aspect of Recitatif is that Morrison never unveils which girl is of which race. A reoccurring theme

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    or they • First Person: Singular narration uses the pronoun I • Second Person: Refers to themselves as “we” • Tense: It affects how the story is told • Narrator versus Implied Author: The person who is telling the story Part B: In the story “Recitatif” by Toni Morrison‚ the narrator Twyla is satisfied with the way her life is even though‚ she was not rich or did not have a mother that cared for her; she was happy with what she had. In the story she says “the food was good though. At least I thought

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    Recitatif Isn’t it amazing how children seem to be able to see the best in everything? In the short story Recitatif by Toni Morrison‚ The two main characters become friends as children and it seems that its almost everlasting due to the innocent nature of them meeting. When one is in their adolescent ages it seems that its easier to not ....A child’s innocence makes it easy to befriend someone and as we get older society can hinder us continuing an old friendship or pursuing a new one. Both

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    century American Family in Fiction Summer 2012 Professor Tara E. Friedman Relationship between mothers and daughters in Toni Morrison’s “Recitatif“ Karolin Lattisch Brinkstraße 3 17489 Greifswald Lehramt Gym Eng/ Ru 128126 6th semester k.lattisch@yahoo.de Contents 1. Introduction 1 2 4 5 7 10 11 13 14 1.1 The author – Toni Morrison 2. 3. Introducing “Recitatif“ Relationship between mothers and daughters 3.1 Relationship between Twyla and her mother 3.2 Relationship between Roberta and her mother

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