Paradise

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This paper examines the central theme in this book. The main theme and thrust of this novel is in its title, "Paradise," and who actually belongs there. The all-black community of Ruby, Oklahoma, where the story takes place, is the residents' view of paradise. Their lifestyle insulates them from the outside world, and nothing bothers them in their little piece of paradise. The writer analyzes what this paradise means to all those involved in the story and how each has his own interpretation.

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"The novel opens with these chilling lines. "They shoot the white girl first. With the rest they can take their time" (Morrison 3), and we understand this novel will not be easy or pleasant to read. Immediately, the reader wants to know why the men are killing the women, and what brought them to this point. Morrison pulls the reader into the story in those first two lines, and does not let them go until the last page of the novel."

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