The randomness of jazz music parallels the randomness that some authors use in literature. This means that literature can travel abruptly in time and with characters. The author, Toni Morrison, uses key elements of the artistic art form of jazz to tell the story of Violet, Dorcas, and Joe in Jazz. To begin, Morrison uses interruptions to make sense of situations in the novel. The use of interruptions reflects the rapid improvisations in a jazz song. In a jazz song, interruptions can be expressed by rapid staccatos. Staccatos are musical notes played clearly detached from other notes. Its use can be experienced in Dorcas' death scene. For example, staccatos are used when Dorcas enters and exits consciousness. She focuses on Dorcas's view of the party and gets lost in the lively atmosphere. Like a high staccato, Dorcas is shot by Joe and Morrison uses this waning method to express what it means to die. For example, when she is shot, Dorcas captures the moment by saying, "Acton holds me, but I still fall...it's dark and now it's daytime." I pose