Recitatif | Analysis

Indholdsfortegnelse
Characterization of Roberta
Characterization of Twyla
Who is white and who is black?
Roberta is white and Twyla is black
Theme
Family vs friendship
Racism and race

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Uddrag
Roberta, in addition to Twyla, is an important character in the story. Twyla shares a room with Roberta at St. Bonny's orphanage. The girls are both eight years old.

Although one of the girls is white and the other is black, it is unclear which race belongs to which. Roberta's mother is like this, which is why she has been unable to care for her.

At the conclusion of the story, Roberta uncovers that her mother was in a facility that claimed her mother's illness was mental instead of physical.

Roberta is unable to read, despite the fact that she seems to have been nurtured in a less careless manner than Twyla. Roberta leaves St. Bonny before Twyla, but she returns again, the second time fleeing.

Roberta and Twyla reunite at Howards Johnson's in the second section of the story, when the story is shifted eight years forward in time.

Roberta must dress up in a glittery, hot dress with a lot of cosmetics. She is accompanied by two men who are on their way to meet Hendrix. Roberta looks to be a part of the 1960s younger generations in this section of the novel.

She makes fun of Twyla for not knowing who Hendrix. She was also a fan of "sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll," an ego moral.

Roberta has undergone a transformation in the story's last segment. When Twyla runs into her at the gourmet marketplace, she has married a wealthy man. She has a reputation for being luxurious.

She does, however, become a vocal critic of forced assimilation. Roberta's personality looks to be more unstable than Twyla's. She is also self-conscious about her identity.