Through Milkman's search for recovering his roots and history under the instruction of his aunt Pilate, Morrison adopts African values and heritage as a response to the identity-forsaking assimilation and the violent racial segregation.

通过讲述主人公奶人在他的姑妈彼拉特的指引下寻根的过程，莫里森把非洲传统和价值标准作为对同化过程中放弃身份和极端的种族隔离的回应。

The thesis first introduces how black musicians struggled against racial segregation and discrimination to finally win success during the “Swing Era”, a period from 1935 to 1945 in jazz history.

本文主要介绍了在“摇摆乐时代”(1935-1945)这一爵士乐的鼎盛时期里,面临种族隔离和种族压迫所带来的种种困难,黑人爵士乐家忍辱负重,顽强奋争,最终取得成功的重要历史篇章。