Essay - The Issues of Racism and Sexism Has Existed Within Society...

The issues of racism and sexism has existed within society for hundred of thousands of years. Within cotemporary *****, our efforts to eliminate these two social biases has made great strides. However, two authors portray the conflict of race and gender as a very present ***** real issue. Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" is set in the Post War World II era, it ***** a conflict tale of racial and sexual abuse that ends ***** the destruction of a fragile girl's life and sanity. ***** tale contains many explicit themes ***** race and gender that grow from the American system. Concurrently, J. M. Coetzee's book "Disgrace" details the brutal rape of a girl in post-apar*****id South Africa, show*****g that political change can do almost nothing to eliminate human misery. Both of ***** two novels surrounds their central plot around a he*****rt wrenching *****, however, they both subtly comment on the race and gender within their respective societies. The following analysis will compare ***** contrasts these two novel's approach on gender and race, although they have fundamental differences, both Morrison and Coetzee note that despite ***** actions to create a "colorless, *****less, **********" society, ***** stigma are hard to eliminate.

Morrison's novel "***** ***** Eyes" follows the life of Pecola through ***** lenses ***** the narrator, Claudia MacTeer. The novel takes place in 1941, in ***** post war world II America. It surrounds the story of Pecola, her quest to find self acceptance and her brutal rape by ***** father. The tragedy of this ***** is reflected in a comment*****ry on African ********** ***** American society. Morrison's purpose is to depict on social stigmas prevent the existence of equality within the United States, ***** explicit political objectives to change the way in which society views African *****s.

Coetzee's novel "*****d" focuses on the life of David Lurie in post-apar*****id ***** Africa. In the wake ***** political reforms that ***** *****d ***** policies of the entire government, Coetzee attempts to show ***** his novel that ***** and sexism ***** still as prevalent as ever. ***** is castigated from society for h***** love of Byron Romanticism, and demonized as a sexual offender because of his illicit relationship with a much younger student. Ultimately, the ***** ***** the brutal rape of David's daughter Lucy, which results from the neglect of the rural community outside ***** Cape Town. The purpose of *****'s ***** is ***** reveal the truth behind South ********** ***** lore, instead ***** ***** equality that is suppose to pertain ***** the post apartheid era, it is evident that without much structural support there is little political changes can make on social opinion ***** stigma. ***** the same sentiments that existed preceding ***** apartheid are ***** evident through t***** narrative. It is a story of dehumanization and indignity, with the focus on the fall ***** David Lurie's self-respect and a deeper understanding of social stigma.

Both Morrison and Coetzee b*****es ********** central theme on the principle that society itself *****not change *****ir racism