ENGL 1080 Lecture 5: Morrison 2
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Rememory: denotation vs. connotative suggestiveness, word doesn(cid:835)t actually exisit, but calls on words we do know, suggestive word>memory, remember, memorial. 6 > sethe worked hard to remember almost nothing to keep herself safe: frustrated with her mind that calls up memories she(cid:835)d rather forget (cid:498)boys hanging from the most beautiful sycamores in the world. > could be the image of young boys playing. But if it was in fact that they had be hung then we know why she felt guilty for only seeing the beauty the boys. Try as she might to make it otherwise, the sycamores beat out the children every time and she could not forgive her memory for: don(cid:835)t know who these boys are>not her boys. Informing the reader of what(cid:835)s going on in the present. Contiguous narratives: amy: indentured europeans, 16 yr old white girl that helps sethe with her feet, back and delivers. 40 > backstory (poor europeans that went to america.