1.Brief Introduction of Author
Toni Morrison
African-American female writer
Her novels particularly focused
on racial & gender issues of black
women
Wrote The Bluest Eye based on her
‘real life experience’
Main Characters
Pecola Breedlove
A poor, black girl eager to have white skin and blue eyes.
She becomes insane at the end of the novel
Claudia Ma
Near the beginning of the play, how does
Mrs. Linde’s presence
help to define Nora’s
character?
Pg. 9
NORA (takes a step toward him and whispers
tensely). You? What is it? What do you want
to talk to my husband about?
KROGSTAD. Business - you might call it. I hold a
minor post in the bank, and I hear your husband is to become our new chief -
NORA. Oh - then it isn’t -?
Plot
1. Past
Blake did not get along with Compton, Watkins.
Blake married Louise because of her physical beauty.
Blake had quarrel with Louise often and every time they did, Blake did not talk to Louise.
Dent who was a new secretary of Blake was good at work.
Blake had one night stand with Dent. And next day he fired her.
- 2. Present
Exposition
Blake saw the woman come with him to
Toni Morrison
African American Literature
Born in Feb 18, 1931, Ohio.
From Working-class family
Contacts numerous black community folktales through her father
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction(1988) for Beloved
Nobel Prize of Literature(1993)
Home
Written in 2012
Right after Korean War, U.S.A.
Modern Odysseus : story of a man who goes back to his hometown after the war
Stream of Consci
Fear of death and overcoming it
We can weep in joy and in sorrow. We also used to laugh when we feel happy or we are at a loss for words. There is not a fixed way to express human’s emotion.
This story is set in the Vietnam War. It is not only about the War, but also about the fear of death.