Beloved

Beloved The final novel, “Beloved”, was full of heroism and personal growth. Sethe truly lived a hard life and was in a constant battle with her personal demons and ghosts of the past. The horrifying effects of slavery on the family unit are clear. The dead child and memories of slavery constantly haunt Sethe. She is constantly described as having eyes of iron, and her refusal to run anymore shows some of her determination-as does the story of her successful escape from slavery while pregnant. Sethe partially stays in the house because she feels a bond to the place: it is her own, ghost and all, and no one can take that away. One of the major things that sets Sethe apart form the other readings is the idea that she is driven by her past. Her memories and actions seem to be what keeps her alive and going. While Douglass and Jacobs are focused on the future, Sethe is trapped in the past and cannot break away to see a bright future. Both her emotional and physical scars are like a constant beloved, sethe, slavery, strong, personal, past, own, driven, away, woman, while, true, slave, readings, one, memories, life, jacobs, herself, heroism, hero, ghosts, future, female, example, escape, each, douglass, constantly, constant, both, american, wonderful, vision, very, unit, unique, understand, typical, truly, trapped, things, thing, themselves, takes, taken, take, symbol, successful, success, story, stood