| Toni Morrison in his short story | | | | incident in St. Bonaventureâs shelter |
| âRecitatifâ shows five | | | | where theyâve lived for a while - Maggie, |
| encounters of the two girls and makes the reader | | | | kitchen worker, either was pushed down or fell |
| to realize all of them himself. One of the times | | | | down in the orchard. Fascinatingly, they also |
| the two characters meet as women, Twyla is | | | | cannot find the same opinion on the racial identity |
| living a standard middle class life together with her | | | | of Maggie, because Twyla brings to mind a fact |
| husband, which works as a fireman. The positions | | | | that she was confused hearing that Maggie was |
| do not change, since Roberta comes in a limousine | | | | black. Even when she thought about it she actually |
| with her individual driver, she is wearing diamonds | | | | couldn't be sure. Together with that, Twyla does |
| and a nice outfit. But the major question remains: | | | | not reject that she wanted to hit the lady with |
| which one of them is black, a lady who has a | | | | the crippled legs she says that they just watched |
| husband-fireman or a woman who married an IBM | | | | and none tried to help her and they never called |
| manager? The racial issues increase, at the same | | | | for help. |
| time as the two characters start recollecting the | | | | |
