Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Recitatif

The most interesting part of this story is the reader is never told the race of the Twyla or Roberta.

When I read through the story the first time, I assumed that Twyla was white and Roberta was black. But then going through the story the second time, it is never stated which is which. I believe the reader is supposed to identify with the story. The reader's race is meant to reflect the race of the characters.

If the author did this on purpose, I think it is to show how we visualize and also to be an eye opener.

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