TITLE OF ESSAY ENGOAO BY: GRACE-ANNE WOOD FOR: MRS. KENT JANUARY 6, 1999 When comparing Toni Morrison’s Tar Baby, with Lady Chatterley’s Lover, by D.H. Lawrence, there are few plot comparisons. However, they share similar themes. New York magazine in recognizing this comparison says, “Toni Morrison has made herself into the D.H. Lawrence of the black psyche, transforming individuals into forces, idiosyncrasy into inevitability.” Tar Baby is about the present day struggles of …showed first 75 words of 1888 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1888 total…end of each book. In Tar Baby, Jade and Son separate after an emotional and abusive relationship. Conversely, Connie and Mellors make plans to marry and live together at the end of Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Despite these differences both novels explore how the respective relationships Jade and Connie have with men from a lower class, transform them. Jade and Connie live more secure and satisfied lives as a result of these relationships. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**