A Time Never Forgotten
Toni Morrison’s Beloved is “not a story to pass on” (Morrison 323-324), but if that’s true then why did she write it? When reading Morrison’s story, we see how she showed us characters haunted by depressing pasts based on the events they took part in during their days in slavery and depression. The problem is that her characters didn’t want to relive those painful memories, but to forget them for good. Morrison shows readers the recovering process they had gone through by reliving their trauma with all the violence and killings and how they managed to find their way of recovering which is the evidence I will present. We read Beloved in order to learn about the pain and suffering that Black Americans were forced to …show more content…
For example, Sethe’s healing began with her reuniting with her from slavery including Paul D, who came back into her life to her help her heal, at which the ghost of her dead child would force Sethe to recount to her frightful times as a slave and as a mother which is referenced to her 124 house when Morrison wrote “124 was spiteful”(Morrison 3). By part two of the story, where “124 was loud” (199), Sethe became isolated in the old 124 house where the ghost of her child allowed Sethe to suffer from the pain she had endure from her time in slavery. In the final part of the story, “124 was quiet” (281) and Sethe’s companions helped her be rid of her dreadful past and of her ghost, at which Sethe had refocused her suffering and “aims her murderous hand at the white man who threatens her child” (Krumholz 396). In the times of slavery, Sethe and her friends had lived a life at the Sweet Home that she didn’t want her own child to live, which is why she had no choice but to kill Beloved. Instead of lashing the blame on the whites, she looked around and realized how everyone around her blamed her for what happened to her child which is why she felt so isolated in her 124 home. The actions in Beloved are not to be passed on and memorized for the future, but what if that were the case, then why would she tell the story? In my opinion, her reason for telling the story of Beloved is because she wanted to tell the
Toni Morrison’s Beloved is “not a story to pass on” (Morrison 323-324), but if that’s true then why did she write it? When reading Morrison’s story, we see how she showed us characters haunted by depressing pasts based on the events they took part in during their days in slavery and depression. The problem is that her characters didn’t want to relive those painful memories, but to forget them for good. Morrison shows readers the recovering process they had gone through by reliving their trauma with all the violence and killings and how they managed to find their way of recovering which is the evidence I will present. We read Beloved in order to learn about the pain and suffering that Black Americans were forced to …show more content…
For example, Sethe’s healing began with her reuniting with her from slavery including Paul D, who came back into her life to her help her heal, at which the ghost of her dead child would force Sethe to recount to her frightful times as a slave and as a mother which is referenced to her 124 house when Morrison wrote “124 was spiteful”(Morrison 3). By part two of the story, where “124 was loud” (199), Sethe became isolated in the old 124 house where the ghost of her child allowed Sethe to suffer from the pain she had endure from her time in slavery. In the final part of the story, “124 was quiet” (281) and Sethe’s companions helped her be rid of her dreadful past and of her ghost, at which Sethe had refocused her suffering and “aims her murderous hand at the white man who threatens her child” (Krumholz 396). In the times of slavery, Sethe and her friends had lived a life at the Sweet Home that she didn’t want her own child to live, which is why she had no choice but to kill Beloved. Instead of lashing the blame on the whites, she looked around and realized how everyone around her blamed her for what happened to her child which is why she felt so isolated in her 124 home. The actions in Beloved are not to be passed on and memorized for the future, but what if that were the case, then why would she tell the story? In my opinion, her reason for telling the story of Beloved is because she wanted to tell the