Paradise By Toni Morrison

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To understand how national and ethnic groups relate to one another we as a society must have a comprehension of the processes involved in the maintenance and reconstruction of social memories that outlines a theoretical framework. Within which we can study and understand how groups maintain and reconstruct their social memories. The role of memory and the stories that people tell about themselves occupy a central place in the Paradise by Toni Morrison. The Morgans are described on multiple occasions as having infallible memory, reaching back through history beyond the span of individual lives. Steward and Deek recall the slights against the founding families of Haven as though they had happened to them and retain both their pride and the offense

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