She did not look at them; she simply swung the baby toward the wall planks, missed and tried to connect a second time, when out of nowhere—in the ticking time the men spent staring at what there was to stare at—the old nigger boy, still mewing, ran through the door behind them and snatched the baby from the arch of its mother 's swing" (Morrison 141). Sethe chose to take an extreme action to secure the safety of her children rather than have them taken back to Sweet Home to live, work, and die as slaves. She knows how dehumanizing slavery can, from being compared to an animal to having her breast milk stolen. The pain and suffering that consumes her eventually takes shape as Beloved. Beloved is seemingly back from the dead, taking her place in Sethe 's life as if she was never killed. Once Sethe realizes that this is indeed her daughter, they begin a mother daughter relationship. Sethe cares and nurtures for Beloved, Beloved in return punishes Sethe and Sethe allows herself to be enslaved by her, succuming to her needs until she is almost consumed by her. Sethe attempts to explain her reasoning for killing her to a now grown Beloved. She thinks to herself, "...Beloved might leave. Leave before Sethe could make her realize that worse than that—far
She did not look at them; she simply swung the baby toward the wall planks, missed and tried to connect a second time, when out of nowhere—in the ticking time the men spent staring at what there was to stare at—the old nigger boy, still mewing, ran through the door behind them and snatched the baby from the arch of its mother 's swing" (Morrison 141). Sethe chose to take an extreme action to secure the safety of her children rather than have them taken back to Sweet Home to live, work, and die as slaves. She knows how dehumanizing slavery can, from being compared to an animal to having her breast milk stolen. The pain and suffering that consumes her eventually takes shape as Beloved. Beloved is seemingly back from the dead, taking her place in Sethe 's life as if she was never killed. Once Sethe realizes that this is indeed her daughter, they begin a mother daughter relationship. Sethe cares and nurtures for Beloved, Beloved in return punishes Sethe and Sethe allows herself to be enslaved by her, succuming to her needs until she is almost consumed by her. Sethe attempts to explain her reasoning for killing her to a now grown Beloved. She thinks to herself, "...Beloved might leave. Leave before Sethe could make her realize that worse than that—far