Interpretation Of The Morrison Described By The Female Characters In Traditional And Rebellious

As an African American black woman writer, Toni Morrison concerns more about the destiny of the women of her own race, because she knows quite well that she is closely linked with those black females of her race. To care about the destiny of those black women is to express the great concern for herself. African Americans have been perplexed by the racism under the social and historical setting. Black women show their different attitudes towards life and value when facing the oppression from both of the white racists and black men. Some black women have lost themselves and simultaneously discarded and cut off the relationship with their own race; without an enterprising spirit, some have been retaining their traditions all the time, receiving and bearing it resignedly, keeping on living by giving up their dignity. They have become the mouthpieces of tradition.However, history proves that where there is oppression there is rebellion. Those black women who have been oppressed for long bravely stand up. They become pioneers of those rebelling women and walk at the front of their compatriots. They try to win themselves and achieve their self-fulfillment even by losing their own lives.With her exquisite style of writing and from the viewpoint of a woman, Toni Morrison deeply penetrates and probes into those who have been characterized by tradition and rebellion. By exploring the relationship with the whites, black males and black communities, Morrison points out that black women cannot simply follow the tradition blindly, or discard their selfhood, or deviate from their own cultural root, or abnegate their own national tradition. All of these arc wrong and no doubt leading to the same result—a failing life.While dealing with the problem of people's subsistence from the point of view of existentialism, Morrison points out the way for those black women—only with the help of or reliance on the traditional culture can the self-fulfillment bring the black women out of corner, suffering and daze, and really and truly present a new world for black women and the black race.