Question 7

Question 7 Quote 6

"Baby ghost came back evil and sent Sethe out to get the man who kept her from hanging"

Question 7 Quote 1

"But her brain was not interested in the future. Loaded with the past and hungry for more, it left her no room to imagine, let alone plan for, the next day"

Question 7 Quote 8

"It was hopeless now to think of fleeing from the dark by running away into the dark. The scoundrels had indeed got away with it; his life was a proven failure"

Question 7 Quote 5

"Little hummingbirds stuck their needle beaks right through her head cloth into her hair and beat their wings. And if she thought anything, it was No. No. Nono. Nonono"

Question 7 Quote 2

"Mister, he looked so... free. Better than me. Stronger, tougher. Son a bitch couldn't even get out the shell by hisself but he was still king"

Question 7 Quote 4

"There stars overhead looked like grains of sand; and the café felt like an island in the midst of an ocean, or an airplane alone in the sky

Question 7 Quote 3

"I never used to look at a villa like this except when I was making plans to break into it. Is there really any hope of finding friendship in such a place now?"

Question 7 Thesis

While the context of both Morrison and Mahfouz have influenced their portrayal of marginalized people in society, Morrison has developed the marginalized group from an external perspective, while Mahfouz employs characters developed upon personal experience.

Question 7 Quote 7

"And that strange lane, al-Sayrafi Lane, which brings back dark memories. Where the thief stole, then vanished, whisked away (Woe to the traitors.) Where police who'd staked out the area had slithered into surround you."