Recitatif - Toni Morrison - 1174-1187
Narrator doesn't want sympathy for being in an orphanage. "People want to put their arms around you when you tell them you were in a shelter, but it really wasn't that bad" (1174).
Twyla- Narrator, telling her story
Roberta- Person she roomed with in the shelter
Twyla and Roberta have a conflict with the older group of girls. They bully them.
Roberta leaves Twyla-1178
Twyla becomes a waitress, and Roberta is seen in the restaurant. Twyla goes up to say hi and reconnect but the interaction is not what she was hoping for. 1178-1179
Twyla runs into Roberta again, years later at a grocery store. This time Roberta is excited to see her and wants to know what she has been up to. Twyla has one boy, Roberta has four step children.
Racial Strife- 1183- she describes it like an animal - "all day it screeched and at night it slept on rooftops"
second meeting with Roberta at a protest. This time they do not get along and they have different view points on the subject.
Third Meeting and they are talking now, remembering times they had at the orphanage
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