COMPREHENDING THE IMPACT OF MATERNAL INFLUENCE IN TONI MORRISON’S GOD HELP THE CHILD

This study deals with the struggle and focuses on the interpretation of the individual and importance of the role of Mother in the life of an individual its impact, disordered and traumatic behavior resulting from an unsettling and disturbing experience.The work attests to the physical and emotional oppression worked out upon children with special regard on the protagonist Lula Ann Bride well in Toni Morrison's novel God Help the Child and strives to investigate alternative modes of thought and behavior in dealing with children. The study further throws light on the true essence of motherhood, the role of a mother in the initial years of an individual. And how the mother contributes to the individual development of the children with the right kind of attention and love leads to the attainment of selfhood.