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Toni Morrison

God Help The Child

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

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Essay Topics

1.

Discuss Morrison’s use of point of view. What impact does her use of first person and third person have on your perspective on the characters? Are there any reliable narrators in the novel?

2.

Using specific examples from the text, discuss Morrison’s representation of childhood.

3.

Using specific examples from the text, discuss Morrison’s representation of motherhood.