Stacy Halida Race and the American Novel project part 2

 

Stacy Halida

Race and the American Novel project part 2

Critical Commentary

Morrison writes about the “interior lives” of the slaves to fill in the blanks, for her readers. I thought this was very interesting that this was pointed out. I thought this because many people want to hear about the slaves “interior lives”, but not many people want to tell that part. The narrators and the slave owners didn’t want people to know how the slaves were treated. I like how she gave us readers insight on how the slaves lived on the plantations and why slaves would want to run away like Sethe did with her child Denver. (Raynaud)

She also says that Morrison was also reluctant to even talk about the subject of slavery. But, she then was “kidnapped” by the idea of slavery like the slaves were abducted from Africa into slavery. This passage in the text was very interesting to me because she really didn’t want to write about slavery, but turned out to be an excellent writer of the subject slavery. (Raynaud)

This text helps me understand beloved a little better because I understand why she wanted to write it. I am glad that she wrote it so that we can get a different perspective on slavery.

Works Cited

Raynaud, Claudine. "The Cambridge Companion to Toni Morrison." (n.d.): 43-58.