Jazz by toni morrison the city

The City For all people in all societies the characteristics of the land are portrayed by the people and those places from which they live. The setting can act as an influence on people and can be just as strong as a parental figure, but this influence is not always positive. It can corrupt, blind and institutionalize all those in its reach. This form of influence is emphasized in the book Jazz, written by Toni …

…the City that distracted me and gave me ideas. Made think I could speak it’s loud voice and make that sound sound human” (220). In the above quotation it is clearly conclusive that the city played as a major character of it’s own through the novel. It is through the personifications of the City that the City becomes a character, but it’s through the actions of its civilians that it becomes a presence.