Analysis Of Sixo's Description Of Flame Red Tongue

Sixo stopped speaking English to keep his dignity. He thought that since English had no future, that he could continue speaking his native language so that he can always have a piece of him to keep. Sixo used to speak English in the beginning of chapter 2; along with being gentle. The description of his flame-red tongue foreshadows his horrible death. His skin color was described as an indigo color, which contrasts with his tongue significantly. “Indigo with a flame-red tongue…” (Morrison 25) Later in the book it shows how sixo also talks very uniquely, and that this weird description of his tongue foreshadows how his future will involve his speech. He later finds that speaking English has no future so he goes back to his native tongue, and