A Study On The Black People's Survival Status In Beloved

As the first black woman writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature,Toni Morrison deeply concerns about the black people's survival status in the United States.Her representative work Beloved discusses the racial problem which has been paid much attention for a long time.That problem is about the black people's survival predicaments in the white-dominated society.Many scholars both at home and abroad have carried out detailed studies on her works from different perspectives,but few people analyze the work Beloved from the perspective of Fromm's social psychology.Fromm's socio-psychology theory believes that a sick society shapes its members' unhealthy personalities and people in the society become alienated from themselves,others,society and nature.Next,influenced by the social economy,politics and cultural factors,the social structure shapes its members' unique social character.In addition,the social reforms should be carrried out for people to get rid of the alienated state and a better social environment can promote the creative tendency of human beings and develop human's ability to love.This paper explores the black people's survival status in Beloved from the perspective of social psychology.First this paper analyzes the manifestations of loss of sense of presence among black people when they survive in society,including the alienation of personal psychology,behaviors and thoughts,the alienated relationships with others and the estrangement from nature environment;Second this paper analyzes causes for the black people's loss of sense of presence,including historical,social and the black people's personal factors.Third this paper analyzes the writer's hopes for the revival of the black people's sense of presence.She believes that the black people should improve their ability to survive in society,rebuild harmonious relationships with others and integrate into society and nature.Through analyzing,this paper concludes that due to historical,social and personal factors,the black people develop their unhealthy personalities,lose the sense of presence and fall into survival predicaments in a sick society.However,under the circumstances of social environment improvement,the black people can get along well with others,the world and nature and get out of their survival predicaments through their efforts.This paper is meaningful for people today to deal with the racial problem well,for the black people to live better and for human beings to realize the harmony of society.It is also useful to enrich and develop studies on Toni Morrison and her works.