After Wednesday class, I left the class thinking about your question "What kind of argument is Morrison making?"
So far after the reading we did and the discussion during class, she's expressing how things were back then. One topic being discussed was education. I feel that the fact she always repeats the Dick and Jane story in certain parts of the story shows their memorization of it. I feel as if thats the only way they learn how to read, by that story. Also, the fact that the girls did not know much about menstruation. I feel like these girls lack lots of education. I feel that because of this Morrison is trying to show the education system wasn't good during these times. I also feel that her parents, especially her mom is not there to talk about things like this with her. There is something lacking in that family. I think its a lack of care.
I think you're exactly right, Lilian. However, is Morrison just writing about history, a "back then"? She published this in 1970 and it's still being reading over forty years later. What does this history have to do w/ our lives now?
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