Toni Morrison And Motherhood In God Help The Child

Abstract

Morrison revisits her favorite theme of the politics of black mother in all her novel. Morrison in her last novel God Help the Child she presents the power of other mothering and the challenges of biological mothering in the racially prejudiced society. Most interestingly Morrison presents her protagonist Bride, a victim of child abuse as a successful beauty icon. As in her earlier novels, Morrison emphasizes the need of accepting ancient cultivable properties. She recommends the young members of the black community to lead life in accordance with black foremothers as it provides them with moral strength. This paper aims at critically analyzing the role of mother in making the child, both young and adult, socialy acceptable and empowered with special reference to Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child.