Jazz This was a very interesting piece of work by Toni Morrison. I have read other works of Morrison’s and she has a way of writing that can’t be only captured in one point of view or perspective in my opinion. There is always this underlying metaphor or meaning that isn’t recognizable from first glance. In Jazz I feel that there are two things that are the major overtones of the novel. The first is the different affects and types of desires and the other would be the comparisons that can be made back to jazz music. First I want to touch on her concepts of desire. Morrison is theorizing the nature of desire; particularly African American females desire (Cannon, 235). The desires of the two main characters in the novel are what give the story its flare and captivity of the reader. The first example would be the husband Joe. He gets caught up in a love triangle with his wife Violet and mistress eighteen year old Dorcas. First was his going and seeking out Dorcas and having found that sexual desire he yearned for he then kills her to “keep the feeling going” (Cannon, 235). This is what brings Violet’s emotions to light. With her finding out about her husband’s disloyalty drives her into an instant state of anger and depression. Initially Violet only understands sexual desire and that becomes confusing upon the finding of her husband’s doings. Now that everything is in the open her sexual desires then start to manifest into jealous rage. Her first outburst of this jealous rage is when she shows up to Dorcas’ funeral and starts slashing the dead girl’s face in an effort to ease the emotional stress that ensued. Added on top of that they now both go into a state of depression or emotional imprisonment as Joe is continuously looking and Dorcas’ picture and uncontrollably crying and his wife at first uneasy and confused then also begins to look at the girl and begin