Identity, And Identity In A Mercy By Toni Morrison

Not everyone can give mercy to others, only the ones who are humane and have power. Many people may say power is only given to someone ranked high in the social hierarchy. Is that completely true?, No. There is different types of power; identity, legitimate, leadership, expert and other more. Morrison gave her readers an example of mercy between people with power and those who do not. By doing so the readers could be able to notice how the characters slowly find their identity. In “A Mercy,” Morrison had three main characters to represent each power; two of them are distinct. Jacob and Rebekka, had power because of their position in the social class, but Lina as well as Jacob, had the power of identity. Not all the characters had their identity complete, they started to find themselves through the journey that Morrison wrote with the help of Mercy. Many
Compassionate gestures that affects the characters as a person or in life; makes the title "A Mercy" inaccurate since it includes multiple mercies. Morrison expresses the value of the characters, which identifies their identity due to their experience with mercy; to deliberate their hopes, disappointments, fears and accomplishments in a way to demonstrate how an outcome of the event can have an impact one’s entire life.
As the characters from the novel show an act of humanity from one another; the compassion helps them identify who they are. There are different examples of people granting mercy from one another and only few will be mention. Lina, a Native American slave, is empowered about who she is. As she obtains the power of identity, she is able to have mercy on Florens. “Lina had fallen in love with her right away, as she saw