Overarching matrix of Self- affirming: The culmination of Naylor’s ideological discrepancy in The Women of Brewster Place

Abstract

In The Women of Brewster Place, the pain and suffering of women out of race and sex have forced them to face the evils of oppression and discrimination. In this novel, the women characters have reached the dead-end of their life because of sexual and racial discrimination. They find it very difficult to survive in the white world.  Their trauma has been doubled when their own men have abandoned. This forces them to look after themselves and their children. The study focuses on the bond between women of different generations. These women become the victims of class, race and sex and also their previous sense of isolation and their mistreatment by men. All these make them to share their experiences together to help each other.Thus; they finally find their identity, purpose and strength for survival. They connect with each other emotionally in order to help each other to become self-affirming individuals.