Abstract
Paradise, Toni Morrison’s first novel since she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993, narrates the conflicts between the Ruby town and the Convent known as the women's shelter. Morrison, in this novel, craftily manipulates the technique of juxtaposition to display the Black’s efforts of pursuing a free paradise. This thesis, with the aid of the juxtaposition theory in contemporary spacial criticism, studies how the juxtaposition represented in setting, characterization and structure helps convey the themes of this novel.
Key words: Paradise, juxtaposition, setting, characterization, structure
Contents
1.   Introduction1
2.   Demonstration-2
2.1  Juxtaposition achieved by the social settings2
2.1.1 Ruby-an isolated and self-sufficient black town-3
2.1.2 Juxtaposition of Ruby and Convent-4
2.2  Juxtaposition represented by the characterization-5
2.2.1 Juxtaposition of male and female characterization5
2.2.2 Juxtaposition of different females6
2.3  Juxtaposition created by the structure-7
2.3.1 Juxtapositionof female and male point of view7
2.3.2 Juxtaposition of omniscient and limited point of view8
3.   Conclusion9
Works Cited-10
Bibliography11