Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved was largely inspired by the New Negro Renaissance and by the story of Margaret Garner, a former slave from the Civil War Era. In her novel, Morrison extensively brings out the concept of color. Color is an important element that gives each object its own unique characteristics and looks. In Beloved, color represents the very own identities of each character. While there are several characters who did not have to actively search for their own colors, several other characters such as Sethe and Baby Suggs struggles to find their own identity, accept what happened to them and be merry and happy and regretless. As many African Americans were liberated from the slave plantations during the Civil War, their traumatic memories have stopped them and even their children from living normal lives. Morrison, through this novel, hopes to achieve a sense of African culture to these people and to guide them to find their own color.
As more slaves were liberated and had more …show more content…
In her novel Beloved, almost all characters at first are wandering around. They all first do not have solid identities that define them. For example, most of them do not have a name unique to themselves. The names usually are heavily influenced by someone else. For example, Denver was named after Amy Denver who helped Sethe when she was giving birth to Denver; Baby Suggs was named after her husband. Almost no character had no name and a sense of identity that is original and true to themselves. However, as the novel progresses, they struggle through and do succeed in building and discovering who they are as people disregarding any external inputs and influences. They learn to find identities that are true to themselves without being dictated by anyone else. Some characters do struggle through the process. However, they, in the end, find the colors that are true to
As more slaves were liberated and had more …show more content…
In her novel Beloved, almost all characters at first are wandering around. They all first do not have solid identities that define them. For example, most of them do not have a name unique to themselves. The names usually are heavily influenced by someone else. For example, Denver was named after Amy Denver who helped Sethe when she was giving birth to Denver; Baby Suggs was named after her husband. Almost no character had no name and a sense of identity that is original and true to themselves. However, as the novel progresses, they struggle through and do succeed in building and discovering who they are as people disregarding any external inputs and influences. They learn to find identities that are true to themselves without being dictated by anyone else. Some characters do struggle through the process. However, they, in the end, find the colors that are true to