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A Strong Woman is Outcast Melody Carter Women in 20th Cen. Lit. Prof. Fiona Paton Paper 2- Nov 10, 2000 In the novel , by Toni Morrison we follow the life of Peace through out her childhood in the twenties until her death in 1941. The novel surrounds the black community in Medallion, specifically "the bottom". By reading the story of ’s li ...

Part two of term paper
... her personality is a direct result of her childhood in the bottom. ’s identity contains many elements of a strong, independent feminist character. However, the people in Medallion do not see in a positive light. When she returns to Medallion as an adult is seen as evil and regarded with much fear. The reason outcast from the community is specifically due to the fact that she is a woman who refuses to contain herself in the social norms set up for the town. She refuses to marry and frequently sl ...