Paradise or War

In the search for paradise, many strive to find this idealistic place never knowing what they are looking for. Often, people envision paradise to be a sort of imaginary utopia, with no cares or worries. In reality, though, paradise cannot be a mythical and unreachable place, but somewhere on Earth that lives and breathes perfect harmony. Toni Morrison’s first novel since her Nobel Prize entitled Paradise attempts to examine the possibility of Heaven on Earth. “Toni Morrison weaves her latest novel on the loom of a single question: Why do we base our conception of ‘paradise’ on separation and exclusion?” (Shockley 718). In the work, she also addresses the ever-present issue of separatism between the black and white people in Mississippi and Louisiana, compelling the blacks to establish Ruby, an all black community, can end in a violent attempt to preserve precious heritage. The themes of separation and division are apparent throughout the novel, not only between black and white, but young and old, male and female, and even amongst blacks themselves. Morrison uses these two themes to demonstrate that the e

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Approximate Word count = 2021
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)