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Summary- Tar Baby (Toni Morrison)

The novel Tar Baby, by Toni Morrison, explains the story of the extremely debatable quandary of the racially separated African-Americans in America and the inherent practice of social discrimination inflicted on then due to racial prejudice. The novel uses the character of the Protagonist, Jadine, who faces the communal allegations of betraying her own race because she abandoned her real culture and gave up her racial heritage to pursue her dreams. This reflective summary of the novel focuses on the part (pages 231-275) where Valerian (the white owner of entire household and master of all the blacks) realizes about ...

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Tar Baby by Toni Morrison is a novel that talks about the discord among the whites and the blacks, and the learned biases and prejudices that the characters accord each other. The story highlights these biases based on three different levels: race, gender, and class. The Street household was an interesting setting wherein a mixture of the black and the white, of the slaves and the masters, and those in between live under on roof. The story starts with Valerian and Margaret talking about the menu for the coming Christmas Eve. Valerian had invited some people and his, Michael, ...

Summary of Tar Baby

The novel “Tar Baby” tells a story of two love birds, Jadine and Son. When the story starts, we are introduced to Son as he jumps off a merchant ship and swims towards a harbor. Unable to swim to the shore, he clutches onto a nearby yacht and sails away. Upon landing, Son finds himself in a small highland called Isle Des Chevaliers, where a rich man named Valerian Street lives (Morrison, 1). Son then decides to creep into Valerian’s house and hides in Margaret’s, (Valerian wife), bedroom. After an argument with her husband about his habit ...