Recitatif
A great author can show the reader the importance of a situation in their story by repeatedly taking the main characters back to that situation. This is exactly what Toni Morrison does in her short story Recitatif. In the short story Recitatif, she tells a story of two girls, Twyla and Roberta. In her story Morrison allows the reader to know that one is white and one is black but never reveals which girl is white and which one is black. In her story she also brings in another character, Maggie that is remembered by the two girls. Morrison never reveals Maggie's race either. While in St. Bonny's, Twyla and Roberta witness Maggie, a mute, handicapped, older woman get tripped and kicked by some of the older girls. After the two girls get out of the home Morrison has them run into each other several times and a couple of those times the girls begin to realize that they viewed Maggie's race very differently. Morrison uses Maggie for many reasons in her story. She uses her as a......
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