Beloved, one of the numerous prestigious books written by Toni Morrison, is popularly known for its implicit depiction of the African American experiences during slavery. One of the numerous and predominant agonizing experiences was the sexual abuse of the slaves. Most of the whites (slave masters) used their superiority and power to overwhelm the opinion and wish of the slaves especially sexually. These actions exhibited by the whites had a lot of consequences on the slaves. The slaves were left with little or no choice but to adhere to these acts. These acts were very prevalent in slavery, so the mindset, actions and ways of life of the slaves were affected. Toni Morrison really deplored these acts exhibited by the whites. Slaves’ mindset
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The effects on the change in their mindset is also responsible for most of their actions. Most of them didn’t see anything wrong in their actions from their point of view because of the change in their mindset. The sweet home men are examples of people whose actions were affected by the use of slaves’ bodies as a sexual tool. The sweet home men were fond of having sex with animals due to their prior experiences of sexual abuse. They didn’t see anything wrong it because of the change in their mindset. Sethe’s mother killed all her children except Sethe because the fathers of the rest were white. The white people used Sethe mother’s body as a sexual tool, but because of her disapproval of it she was forced to kill the children of the white people. She didn’t feel anything was wrong with her action because of her experiences. Stamp Paid’s action to change his name was also caused by the agonizing experience he had with his wife. He couldn’t stand having anything to do with a woman his master had slept with already, so one of his major actions afterward was to change his name. All this actions would have never been done if these slaves didn’t undergo these cruel experiences. Morrison also tried to explain how the use of slaves’ bodies as a slave tool made the slaves to perform a lot of unintended and bad
The effects on the change in their mindset is also responsible for most of their actions. Most of them didn’t see anything wrong in their actions from their point of view because of the change in their mindset. The sweet home men are examples of people whose actions were affected by the use of slaves’ bodies as a sexual tool. The sweet home men were fond of having sex with animals due to their prior experiences of sexual abuse. They didn’t see anything wrong it because of the change in their mindset. Sethe’s mother killed all her children except Sethe because the fathers of the rest were white. The white people used Sethe mother’s body as a sexual tool, but because of her disapproval of it she was forced to kill the children of the white people. She didn’t feel anything was wrong with her action because of her experiences. Stamp Paid’s action to change his name was also caused by the agonizing experience he had with his wife. He couldn’t stand having anything to do with a woman his master had slept with already, so one of his major actions afterward was to change his name. All this actions would have never been done if these slaves didn’t undergo these cruel experiences. Morrison also tried to explain how the use of slaves’ bodies as a slave tool made the slaves to perform a lot of unintended and bad