"1920" is a short story written by Toni Morrison, an African American female
             whose basic theme of her stories is the Afro-American experience, particularly
             that of women. In her story "1920" she writes of a women named Helene, who is
             taking a trip down south to aid her sick and dying grandmother, with the company
             of her daughter Nel. This story takes place in November of 1920. The year plays
             a very important role in the story because it is right after World War 1, a time of
             much racism and segregation. During that time, the South was very racist and
             very segregated, so in this story you will see what Helene and her daughter go
             "1920" is set in New Orleans, Louisiana at a place called the Sundown
             House. The Sundown House is where Helene grew up as a child; then moved up
             North with her husband near the Great Lakes. By her living up North for so long,
             she dreaded returning South, simply because of what she had endured as a
             child. Helene was born was born daughter of a Creole whore behind the red
             shutters of the Sundown House which had haunted Helene and her grandmother
             for years. As she's on the train, the further south she goes, the worse it gets. In
             the beginning of the trip, the pit stops had bathrooms for colored people, toward
             the end there weren't any. They would have to go in the bushes and squat. She
             is then reminded of her past and now has to adapt to her surroundings by talking
             and doing things blacks did in the south. Helene's daughter Nell has now been
             exposed to the racism and segregation that's going on in the south. It is a shame
             for a ten-year-old girl to be exposed to that, especially when she doesn't
             I personally think of the setting as being mold. I say this because the
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