Gloria Naylor: A Profound African American Woman

Gloria Naylor (1949-2016), a Profound African American woman writer depicted her vision about world through her writings. Her novels engraved by the portrayal of women who were confronting the adverse struggle for asserting women’s independence. In the plight of poverty, partiality and crushing hardship Naylor emphasize the strengths of women especially African American womanhood. She wants to shatter the infused stereotype on women by the society. So, her women characters are always despaired, self-assured, fortitude and determined. The perfect bonding and support of the Afro-American neighboured in the hostile environment derives strength to her characters. Naylor’s characters and places are significant in her subsequent novels. Her debut

His Patriarchy pursues riches and power throughout their mortuary business and the conversation of Linden Hills into a desirable property. They shape the competition which drives others to scheme and plot the land to win a place in Linden Hills. In the fated pattern of several generation Nedeeds’ wives reproduce a son who nearly identical for the primary purpose to continue their family tree and reign of Linden Hills. Most of them are chosen for their sweet talk and flexibility. The last Luther Nedeed loses his control when his dark skinned wife gives birth to a light skinned son. By wrongly accusing his wife’s betrayal Luther locks her up in the basement with their son who eventually dies there. When Willie and Lester offer their services throughout the neighbourhood they witnesses Nedeed’s malevolent control over the community and the town people’s idleness and intolerance. The current Mrs. Nedeed-Willa is typically good control of her faculties until her son dies in the basement. While Luther refuses to release her out, she explores the past proof of her predecessors’ most engaging pasts. Leafing through journals and photograph albums during her imprisonment she witnessed a pattern of arrogance and abuse that Nedeed’s women indulged were less than whole. ‘The precarious position of Luther Nedeed, Naylor shows the inaccuracy of such terms as matriarch or patriarch as they apply to Afro-American’ (Barbara Christian