eet made "groading glances and private snickers at her way of talking (saying "chil’ren") and dressing" (118). This character was clearly became an outcast from the black women she met, so this discrimination doesn’t have much to do with racial issues. Morrison’s metaphor still applies, but not for the purpose of describing any kind of racial injustice. Pauline was shunned because she talked and dressed differently, not because of where she descended.After viewing various pieces of literature it definitely seemed that August Wilson’s "fences" metaphor more effectively applied to the racial injustice as it relates to African-Americans’ history in the United States, than did Toni Morrison’s. When looking at Douglass’ narrative one could pick up that slaves were actually very important and were not pushed away from the mainstream entirely, just treated in a much different manner, while still being vital to society. In the spiritual it seemed as though the "hem of life" metaphor didn’t not actually apply much at all because it did not discuss wanting to be in the middle of society as much as it talked about slaves wanting to cross the fences of restraint into a free way of life. Obviously Fences showed the importance of how the racial discrimination that Troy faced in his past caused the destruction of his family and Troy’s isolation from the world. When it came to Toni Morrison’s novel it wasn’t that her metaphor wasn’t effectively used in her entire novel, it was the fact that it didn’t exemplify the "consequences of racial injustice" throughout, but also worked to describe discrimination in a more general way. The "fences" metaphor captured the key points of racial prejudice in a more specific manner, creating a more powerful overall effect on the reader. ...
