Oral Tradition in Beloved

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…Morrison were sitting beside us telling the story Margaret Garner, but the result is no less powerful (Harris 172). By duplicating the patterns of the mind, the way it gathers tidbits of experiences in seemingly random fashion, she achieves the structural affect of oral tradition. The emotions she incites in the readers throughout this novel places her among the best oral storytellers of the past who wove together mysterious and intricate worlds that captivated their audiences.