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"" by Tony Morrison is the story of a friendship between Nel Wright and Peace, who are opposites in the way of relating to other people, to the world around them, and to themselves. Nel is rational and balanced; she gets married and gives in to conformity and the ....

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.... and the slamming of doors . . ." (52), which suggests a family accustomed to spontaneous disruptions and fleeting alliances. decides that "sex is pleasant and frequent, but otherwise insignificant." (44) grows up in the atmosphere of an emotional separation between mothers and daughters in her family. The mothers provide only the physical maternal support but lack in the emotional attachment to their children. overhears her mother, Hannah, say, "I love her []. I just don't like her, that's the thing." (57) Hannah's words act as a determiner of 's defiance. Hannah and Eva, her mother, are also alienated. "Under Eva's distant eye, and prey to her ....