Recitatif

Though this is a short story, Morrison still demonstrates her great ability to describe characters without really forcing a racial view of the characters.  This allows the reader to decipher the situation based on their personal experience, assumptions, etc.  One teacher noted that in her many years teaching high schoolers, her students predominantly focused on the racial status of the main characters instead of other situations in the story. 

One example is how one situation remained in the two girls thoughts from the time it happened into their adulthood.  They try to determine reality compared to memory and which is more accurate. 

How these girls interact with each other and those around them, what happens to them as they grow older, and how that alters their opinion of each other when they reconnect.  This is very relate-able because people transition from human stage to the next, individuals change within themselves and how they respond to others.