Beloved

Beloved In the novel Beloved, written by Toni Morrison and in “Looking for Zora” by Alice Walker, both of the communities in the stories had many similarities. In Toni Morrison’s novel, the main character is Sethe, an ex-slave who lives with her daughter, Denver and boyfriend Paul D. in a small town. Sethe worked as a slave for many years, and escaped to freedom for 28 days. On the 29th day, her slave master found her, and tried to bring her back to the plantation. Sethe decides that she would rather kill her children than have them live a life of slavery, and tries to do so. She is only successful in killing her youngest daughter, Beloved. Throughout the story, Sethe is shown dealing with the ghost of Beloved haunting her, and making her sick with stress. Beloved drives Paul D. out of her home, and tries to make her mother suffer, just as she had. The town was a small community, and because of that everyone seemed to know of Sethe’s past. She is outcast from the population, and viewed on as evil for killing her daughter. Once Paul D. finds out about her history, her too reacts like the family, born, town, small, german, father, parents, oster, very, rochester, moved, both, sethe, out, new, live, life, history, hilton, english, beloved, because, about, my, zora, together, settlers, relatives, paul, past, ny, mother, looking, lives, lived, grandmother’s, grandfather, germany, father’s, even, early, didn’t, daughter, apple, albany, york, years, world, woman, war