A Mercy Toni Morrison Research Paper

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Toni Morrison was one of the most widely read American authors in the late twentieth century. She has written fiction, plays, political essays, and children’s literature. Morrison enjoyed reading as a child, and was influenced by the work of Leo Toistoy, Fyodor Dostoyusky,and Jane Austen. Toni Morrison turns history of African Americans into powerful stories that inspire people’s lives. Toni Morrison was born the second of four children.(source 3) Her real name was Chole Anthony Wofford, but she realized that Chole was hard to pronounce and changed it to Toni Morrison. (source 2) While in the first grade she was the only black student in her class, and the only one able to read. (source 3) Her parents were devoted to all of their children, …show more content…

It is about a young girl named Florens, who is a slave. She works with the D’Ortega plantation with her mother. The family treats the slaves very badly. The family is in financial trouble, and when jacob Vaark, the trader, arrives for his payment they are not able to pay him. So they make a deal with him, and offer him a slave to take with him. Floren’s mother convinces him to take floren. She thinks that she will have a better life with Vaark then with the D’Ortegas. Florens feels as if her mother is abandoning her, though she just wants to protect her.When Florens arrives at the Vaark plantation she realizes that it is more manageable then the other. Vaark gets sick and passes away, now the once quite farm is now in panic. Things get worse when Rebekka gets ill. Florens and another slave, Lina, take care of Rebekka. They are both sent to find the blacksmith to aid in Rebekka’s recovery. While is search of the blacksmith they face the harsh reality of how slaves are treated. No one tries to help them, and they were almost raped by two drunken men. They find the blacksmith and Rebekka gets better.Florens gets into an altercation with the blacksmith’s son, malaik. The blacksmith comes back to the farm and makes Florens leave. Afterwards, she makes peace with her

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