Beloved begins in1873 in Cincinnati, Ohio, where Sethe, a former slave, has been living with her eighteen year old daughter Denver. Sethe’s mother in law Baby Suggs, lived with them until her death eight years earlier. Just before Baby Sugg’s death, Sethe’s two sons, Howard and Buglar, ran away. Sethe believes they fled because of the ghost that haunts their house. Denver in facts, likes the ghost, which everyone believes the spirit of her dead sister. ON the day the novel begins, Paul d, an old friend who has not been seen since they worked together on Mr. Garner’s Sweet Home plantation in Kentucky approximately twenty years earlier, stops by Sethe’s house. His presence around her resurrected her memories that have laid a burden in Sethe’s
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That is until beloved came to her doorstep completely destroying her and being a parasite to those around her. “Standing alone on the porch, beloved is smiling, but now her hand is empty. Alone. Again. Then Denver running too” (Morrison 309). Denver became more initiative, because of her supporting of her mother and her realization that beloved only wanted to make them unhappy. ”She would have to leave the yard; step off the edge of the world, leave the two behind and go ask for help” (Morrison 287). Beloved becomes a sinister character as well, she tries to become Sethe and take her life force, “I AM BELOVED and she is mine. Sethe is the one that picked flowers in the place before the crouching” (Morrison 253). A lesson to learn from this novel is to never do any evil act or it shall respond in supernatural consequences. “It ain' my job to know what's worse. It's my job to know what is and to keep them away from what I know is terrible. I did that" (Morrison 195). Lastly this books dialogue is very deep with conversation with Paul D and Sethe when they first reunite in her house, “What tree on your back?” I got a tree on my back and a haunt in my house, and nothing between but the daughter but the daughter I am holding in my arms” (Morrison 18). However the novel was complete goofy at some points, it was hard to get be emotionally invested with this book when you have weird encounters with beloved. “When they arrive at Sethe’s house, they see Sethe on the porch with Beloved, who stands smiling at them, naked and pregnant” (Morrison 301). This book is not recommended to some readers because of this goofiness and the lack of a good ending. This book is mostly recommended for readers that like long interesting and spooky stories, with a few weird scenes in
That is until beloved came to her doorstep completely destroying her and being a parasite to those around her. “Standing alone on the porch, beloved is smiling, but now her hand is empty. Alone. Again. Then Denver running too” (Morrison 309). Denver became more initiative, because of her supporting of her mother and her realization that beloved only wanted to make them unhappy. ”She would have to leave the yard; step off the edge of the world, leave the two behind and go ask for help” (Morrison 287). Beloved becomes a sinister character as well, she tries to become Sethe and take her life force, “I AM BELOVED and she is mine. Sethe is the one that picked flowers in the place before the crouching” (Morrison 253). A lesson to learn from this novel is to never do any evil act or it shall respond in supernatural consequences. “It ain' my job to know what's worse. It's my job to know what is and to keep them away from what I know is terrible. I did that" (Morrison 195). Lastly this books dialogue is very deep with conversation with Paul D and Sethe when they first reunite in her house, “What tree on your back?” I got a tree on my back and a haunt in my house, and nothing between but the daughter but the daughter I am holding in my arms” (Morrison 18). However the novel was complete goofy at some points, it was hard to get be emotionally invested with this book when you have weird encounters with beloved. “When they arrive at Sethe’s house, they see Sethe on the porch with Beloved, who stands smiling at them, naked and pregnant” (Morrison 301). This book is not recommended to some readers because of this goofiness and the lack of a good ending. This book is mostly recommended for readers that like long interesting and spooky stories, with a few weird scenes in