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Toni Morrisons Jazz

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       Introduction: The aspect of race in Toni Morrison's novel is one of great importance. Not only is the novel set in the town of Harlem wich is prodominetly black but the auther herself goes through great lengths in order to emphasize the racial back ground of every character in the book. By writing a novel on the hardships her characters face by living in Harlem during the period of 1926, Morrison is able to provide an insight into the lives of her characters. The City which is referred to in the book is New York, which was seen to African americans at the time as the city of opportunity. Jazz's main character violet is a clear demonstration as to how most African American during that time period conducted their lives as members of society. She as a main character suffered from depression of not having an extensive family to fill the apartment she shares with her husband. She also had to deal with her husbands unfaithfulness regarding his affair with Dorcas. The novel opens with the mentioning of the murder as well as the sad and doomed state of violet's situation. In this oral I hope to bring a better understanding of Toni Morrisons continuous referal to the racial background of her characters as well as describe how she manages to provide a provocative insight into the lives of her Characters during the troubling period of 1926.
  
  
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  The novelist, Toni Morrison, is famous for saying that she writes " the books that I wanted to read," and like her other novels, Jazz is a novel with a specific historical context, described as the depiction of "the shaping hand of slavery on Harlem's jazz generation...