Politics of Polyphony in Morrison’s God Help the Child
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This thesis examines the polyphonic and dialogic nature of God Help the Child. The
central objective of thesis is to observe the stories of six main speakers including
Morrison herself. The protagonists share their different versions of realities
belonging to the similar events from their own position. They mock of how they are
being suffocated due to colorism, individualism, and commodification of human
values. This thesis has been studied in the light of Bakhtinian notion of polyphony,
dialogism,and carnival. I also discuss the concepts of Sue Vice on the comprehensive
discussion of carnival. The main finding of this paper is to help the reader understand
that in order to address the sentiments of the multicultural society; any oeuvre should
not represent the voice of one group rather it has to represent plurality of
consciousness by injecting multiple voices. So,people living there will identify
themselves in it. It helps to build better humanitarian world. It becomes useful to the
artist, sociologist, leaders, planers and developers if they are going to make some
constructive programs in the multicultural society.It inculcates the significance of
polyphony and why including the sentiment of multiple voices is essential.