Starting with narrating, inheriting of folk culture and the identity-seeking, the analysis shows that Morrison pushes theresearch of identity problem forward by pointing out that Afro-American identity could not avoid its racial background.

• 本节从叙事结构、民间文化的继承和身份问题入手分析了莫里森如何将艾里森提出的问题作了进一步的回答，指出美国人身份的建构不能回避种族身份，对非裔种族历史的认同是非裔美国人获取身份的基础。