The Importance Of Friendship In Recitatif By Toni Morrison

The story “Recitatif” is written by Toni Morrison. The definition of recitatif means among other things or to recite something. In this story, the narrator, Twyla, recites her friendship with Roberta. Roberta and Twyla switch places between being the protagonist and antagonist. The complex characterization structure that “Recitatif” follows makes this story a captivating read.

Toni Morrison is a famous American author who used to write about racial segregation in the United States. In this perspective, she wrote "Recitatif". In this short story, she talked about the particular story of Twyla and Roberta, two girls from different racial origins. She has shown that their friendship faced many rebounds depending on their age and the place they were. The goal of this essay is to analyze their friendship during each period of their lives. The first part will discuss their relationship when they first met at the orphanage. The second part will be about their meeting at the Howard Johnson 's restaurant. The third one will look at their meeting at the new shopping mall. Then, on the picket lines and the last time they met in a coffee shop during the Christmas period.

They meet in a supermarket in the slightly littler town of Newburgh, and this time, Roberta is excited to see Twyla out of nowhere instead of brushing her off like she did at the restaurant. Roberta is dressed very nicely and has seemed to have turned her character around into someone who has gotten married and pieced her life together. Twyla has also gotten married in their time of being disconnected from each other, and she seems very content with her life as well (Morrison 204-205). It is very interesting for the reader to see how these two ladies have changed since the last time that they had crossed paths, but Twyla also brings up a good point when she asks herself why they once acted like strangers, one black and one white, to acting like long-lost sisters on their way to go and get a cup of coffee and catch up (Morrison 206). While they’re catching up, they have a bit of a misunderstanding with each other about what happened to Maggie and how she fell, and this caused to part ways yet again because of discomfort and contradicting point of

Twyla is haunted by her old experiences because she’s now starting to doubt her own memories. If she wasn’t still troubled by the memory, then she would sound more confident to herself and wouldn’t be unsettled by the conflict that happened many years ago. Lastly, Twyla thinks back to what Roberta said earlier, Twyla makes up her mind that she “didn’t kick her; [she] didn’t join in with the gar girls and kick that lady, but [she] sure did want to. We watched and never tried to help. Maggie was my dancing mother.

Introduction: American Literary stage has an array of expression. It is rightly asserted by Bhongle “Almost every literary genre is rich with new notions, and new ideologies. Women’s writings in America, Afro-American Literature, and Literature of the Immigrants Experience, and of the other ethnic groups- and the actively operating small but significant factors within these broad movements - make the contemporary American Literary scenario highly appealing” Representing principally, feminist cultural theory and ideology, this paper explores the relationship among the chief components— race and religion within the fictional narratives of Afro-American women writers; with reference to the first novel of Toni Morrison.

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