Dilemma of the Displaced: A Study of Toni Morrison's Select Novels

V S Karunashree¹

¹Karpagam Institute of Technology

Abstract

The society today, though has achieved improvements in the status of women, violence against women continues to develop. Women, even in their early years of age are tortured and tormented by their peer groups and family members. Toni Morrison is an African American writer who is internationally acclaimed as a novelist for voicing out the sufferings of the African American women in the dominant American society. Her debut novel, The Bluest Eye (1970) portrays the problem of color discrimination. As W.E.B Du Bois puts forth, "The problem of twentieth century is the problem of color-line". Her novel Beloved (1987) showcases the African American women as victims of slavery. The paper focuses on the discrimination of the Black women in the white society. The plight of these women has become like a broken winged bird that cannot fly. The paper is an attempt to highlight the violence perpetuated to the marginalized women in terms of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse. The paper also emphasizes the importance of communal strength in order to prevent the oppression of the dislocated women.

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V S Karunashree. "Dilemma of the Displaced: A Study of Toni Morrison's Select Novels" International Conference on Systems, Science, Control, Communication, Engineering and Technology (2016): 08-10. Print.