God Help the Child: Piercing and Unshrinking Reflection of Childhood Tranma

Abstract

“Racism” explains the trials and tribulations endured by the characters under the name of Race. It gives a detailed account of the incidents which enrich the concept of racism. Morrison, a lady of numerous aptitudes, comes from a long line of hard-working; diligent black people who energetically fought racial harassment and lower social and economic rank. The story telling art of her parents encouraged Morrison’s growth of imagination. It is the stories that impressed on her the values of the family history and the priority of their people’s language. Also, her parents enjoyed telling thrilling stories. Absorption of these stories inspired Morrison to produce her fiction. Morrison’s all works explore the experience and character of Black American women in a racist, unjust society and their search for ethnic identity. She emphasizes the betrayal of black women due to racial, gender and class conflicts. The horrible experiences of Blacks with regard to the historic racism and bias in the United States are the main sources of aspiration for the creation of Afro- American literature. It explores the problems of rights and equality which had long been denied to Blacks. It was very difficult for blacks to live in a white-dominated community where they were not recognized or considered as a man kind. Morrison argues that races have become a symbol, a way of denoting to force, events, and forms of social decay, economic division and human alarm. Her compiling point is the central characteristic of American literature. She provides a daring perspective that is sure to alter conventional notions about American literature this dissertation is an attempt to study the black female experiences and their empowerment with particular references to Toni Morrison’s God Help The Child.