Tony Morrison’s story
Tony Morrison creates a story with two women characters, Twyla and Roberta. One of the characters is African American, while the other is a Caucasian America, and they are clearly separated by class. Morrison creates his story without specifying which race Twyla and Roberta belong. Throughout the story, the point Morrison is making is to divert the attention of readers from thinking about the characters in terms of race but personality. She removes the racial codes from the narrative regarding Twyla and Roberta; though they are from different racial backgrounds. Morrison wants her audience to think about the challenges that affected women during this time in history.
I have reached the decision based on the experience of the two girls as portrayed by Morrison. For instance, through the character Maggie, the issue of race of the two girls emerges. Roberta blames Twyla for kicking the poor black girl, Maggie making Twyla get furious. Twyla is convinced she did not kick her and did not remember she was black. In this view, Morrison wants her audience to realize that race should never be an issue. The story Morrison creates keeps her audience in the dark about the race of the two women. It is not apparent which character is African America and which is Caucasian American.
