In recent times, men can often be heartless to the point that everything they see in others lead to How Can I be like that? Because some men are not taught as other men,but at least you can learn a few things whether that is finding better ways to contribute to a relationship,or taking on roles that you’ve never experienced before. In Toni Morrison's Beloved, Paul D is very sensitive and insecure about his life before and after Sweet Home because of the imagery and symbols Toni Morrison shows that explains why Paul D is the way he is. In Addition Paul D is an Opportunist in how he tries to act so reluctant on things that he likes that he thinks is the definition of a man by allusion.
Before 124, Paul D leads the life of a lonely wanderer, …show more content…
Paul D finds himself falling in love with Sethe and he feels compelled to distance himself from Sethe. Without knowing why, he stops sleeping in Sethe’s bed and sleeping on a rocking chair,Baby Sugg’s double bed,the storeroom and finally he decides to sleep in the cold house behind the main house they lived in. Suddenly, Beloved sneaks out and demands he, “Touch her on the inside path and call me my name.” Paul D at first felt reluctant to touch beloved because he doesn’t have that mindset of putting girls in danger. However, Beloved sees her again and says, “Red Heart,Red Heart, Red Heart,”(117) which kind of reminds us of The Shining (1980) when the boy says , “ Red rum, Red rum, Red rum, Red rum,”It’s shameful that Beloved is able to be spiritually strong enough to take man out of their spouses bed and manipulate them to have intercorse and on top of that don’t know when to stop doing what you are doing. This is why Paul D isn’t mentally able to hold himself to better standards and not inept to put your foot down and get yourself together to stop your downward spiral which includes of him not learning how to be a man,which isn’t his fault, but he has to teach himself somewhere down the
Before 124, Paul D leads the life of a lonely wanderer, …show more content…
Paul D finds himself falling in love with Sethe and he feels compelled to distance himself from Sethe. Without knowing why, he stops sleeping in Sethe’s bed and sleeping on a rocking chair,Baby Sugg’s double bed,the storeroom and finally he decides to sleep in the cold house behind the main house they lived in. Suddenly, Beloved sneaks out and demands he, “Touch her on the inside path and call me my name.” Paul D at first felt reluctant to touch beloved because he doesn’t have that mindset of putting girls in danger. However, Beloved sees her again and says, “Red Heart,Red Heart, Red Heart,”(117) which kind of reminds us of The Shining (1980) when the boy says , “ Red rum, Red rum, Red rum, Red rum,”It’s shameful that Beloved is able to be spiritually strong enough to take man out of their spouses bed and manipulate them to have intercorse and on top of that don’t know when to stop doing what you are doing. This is why Paul D isn’t mentally able to hold himself to better standards and not inept to put your foot down and get yourself together to stop your downward spiral which includes of him not learning how to be a man,which isn’t his fault, but he has to teach himself somewhere down the