Compare the ways in which Chopin and Morrison present the subjects of racial prejudice and slavery.

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Compare the ways in which Chopin and Morrison present the subjects of racial prejudice and slavery.

Desiree’s baby wsr written by Kate Chopin (1850 – 1904). Kate Chopin was born Katherine O'Flaherty on February 8, 1850 of an Irish and French descent in St. Louis, Missouri. When I first read the extract from Desirees Baby I understood it instantly. Unlike beloved it is a very straight forward and direct chain of events which is easy to follow. I think this is because in Desiree’s baby the characters are able to communicate freely and discuss matters of importance which makes the plot far easier to follow. Whereas in Beloved the main characters of the book have no simple form of communication for example talking. Instead they use eye contact and movements through a chain, which is very hard to portray in text. However Morrison has managed to get the slaves which feature in Beloved communicate very well through what enslaves them “One thousand feet of the best hand forged chain in Georgia”. I think this is significant because this is one of the few touched of sarcasm or humor wich occur in either of the extracts.

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In beloved an obvious and explicit form of racial prejudice is being displayed. I come to this conclusion by examining the language which is used. Words such as “nigger” are used to describe black people in beloved where as in Desirees Baby the baby who is black is never actually refered to in any racist way. In beloved the forms of slavery being shown are very obvious. As a reader we experience first hand examples of the atrocious ways in which the slaves are kept. However in Desirees Baby we do not see such clear mistreatement of the slaves. ...

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