Margaret Garner

Write an essay in which you analyze Morrison’s writing to determine whether (for you) it was her characters, themes and/or the action in the novel that perhaps served to change your mind about the actions of a Margaret Garner.

Beloved by Toni Morrison Read about the story of Margaret Garner, a slave who would rather see her young children dead than be subjected to the tyranny of slavery. However, after reading Beloved by Toni Morrison, a novel based on Garner’s act, understand how a mother could be driven to commit such a devasting act. […]

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