My Purpose for the Biographical/Historical lens
Biographical/Historical lens was interesting to me because I wanted to know more about the author’s influence for writing Beloved. In the past I used to research about the author before hand in order to have a better sense of reason about the author’s purpose for writing their book, by analyzing the text and comparing it to the author's life story/experiences. While looking at the time period that is being presented to us in Morrison’s story of Beloved during the end of the Civil War, 1860-1865, we can see the racism that has scared America’s history though strong vivid scenes throughout the book. The most disturbing part about Racism is that most of the country and the world think racism ended with after the civil rights movement ended during the 1960’s, while open racism has steadily declined over the years, there is still old customs that still plague our society today. That’s why I chose to use the Biographical/Historical lens because I wanted to see what message Toni Morrison is trying to explain about America’s past through her noble award winning phenomenon Beloved.
Biographical/Historical lens was interesting to me because I wanted to know more about the author’s influence for writing Beloved. In the past I used to research about the author before hand in order to have a better sense of reason about the author’s purpose for writing their book, by analyzing the text and comparing it to the author's life story/experiences. While looking at the time period that is being presented to us in Morrison’s story of Beloved during the end of the Civil War, 1860-1865, we can see the racism that has scared America’s history though strong vivid scenes throughout the book. The most disturbing part about Racism is that most of the country and the world think racism ended with after the civil rights movement ended during the 1960’s, while open racism has steadily declined over the years, there is still old customs that still plague our society today. That’s why I chose to use the Biographical/Historical lens because I wanted to see what message Toni Morrison is trying to explain about America’s past through her noble award winning phenomenon Beloved. 
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