However, I once again found myself confused when Sethe began crying to Paul D about the death of her daughter, “the one I sent ahead with the boys” (Morrison, 11). I was baffled by Sethe’s statement because I got the sense from the previous page that Sethe ran away while pregnated with a daughter. How many daughters had Sethe given birth to, and to which daughter was she referring? It was difficult for me to know if Sethe was talking about the same female baby that haunted her house, or a different female child who may have
However, I once again found myself confused when Sethe began crying to Paul D about the death of her daughter, “the one I sent ahead with the boys” (Morrison, 11). I was baffled by Sethe’s statement because I got the sense from the previous page that Sethe ran away while pregnated with a daughter. How many daughters had Sethe given birth to, and to which daughter was she referring? It was difficult for me to know if Sethe was talking about the same female baby that haunted her house, or a different female child who may have