Women In The Novels Of Toni Morrison And Alice Walker

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The term gender-solidarity refers to a bond among a particular gender. In this article the focus is on unity among the females from all castes and classes in the novels of Toni Morrison and Alice Walker. Some of the characters of the novels find this phenomenon a part of their lives because all of them face the same biasness in the family, society, and everywhere.
Toni Morrison and Alice Walker both have written a lot about the women-women relationship. Most of the protagonists of their novels are let down by their respective patriarchal societies, they are told that they are secondary and sub-standard which brings them closer to the women
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Enjoying, understanding, and supporting each other, women friends of this sort are invaluable to each other. With such love, trust and security, it is difficult to imagine any woman without such a genuine support system as that found in genuine …show more content…

Morrison clearly distinguishes childhood from adult friendships by the solidarity that characterizes the first and the problems that make the second fail. Childhood friendships are more successful in Morrison’s novels than adulthood bonding because self-centeredness becomes a larger issue as children grow up.
However in Sula, the friendship of two also has the change during adulthood when Nel is disappointed with closeness of Sula with her husband. But twenty-five years after Sula's death, Nel realizes that she has wasted all of her opportunities for self-discovery and happiness. In Nel's final moments with Sula, Morrison calls into question the priority of Nel's marriage over her friendship with Sula, for Sula asks of her having sex with Nel's husband, "If we were such good friends, how come you couldn't get over

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