Trees and emotions
Toni Morrison’s Beloved explores a raw veracity of transitioning to a life out of slavery and the odd ways we human beings cope during emotional recovery. The main character, Sethe, struggles with trying to forget her callous past despite the fact that it is branded upon her. Trying to escape her past has only made her more aware that trying to fleet her past will only resurface her subconscious emotions. After years of being out of place within herself, she has come to realize that no place is her true home. Trees for Sethe surface simultaneous emotions of pain, veiled beauty and reminiscence of the good days lightly dispersed throughout the horrible ones of her past. The imagery of trees occurs many times in the novel. …show more content…
Since her family was alienated by most of the community, Denver takes to the quiet brush to satisfy her hunger for belonging. Sethe sees her child[ren] as the only positive outlook in her life. Though she and her children have a hard time finding their own identities. Denver inundates herself in her obsession with nature and trees. For her, trees are a place of comfort, shelter and healing, the aspects of her natural life that aren’t met anywhere else. Weeks after Sethe’s sons Howard and Buglar run off, 124 Bluestone receives another beaten soul , Paul D, an old friend of Sethe 's from Sweet Home. He on the contrary of Sethe, dwells on the comfort and necessity of nature. After years of being a vagabond Paul D has come to realize his emotional and mental stake lies in his surroundings. In Beloved, the environment around him determines his every thought and level of comfortability. He can easily conform to the outdoors, if he is given enough time. His surroundings have to be "okay" in order for him to be okay. Though the outdoors where the site of brutality towards him, he is intrigued by it 's tempting beauty because it is all he knows. It seems that every character in beloved have some form of intimate relationship with nature,
Toni Morrison’s Beloved explores a raw veracity of transitioning to a life out of slavery and the odd ways we human beings cope during emotional recovery. The main character, Sethe, struggles with trying to forget her callous past despite the fact that it is branded upon her. Trying to escape her past has only made her more aware that trying to fleet her past will only resurface her subconscious emotions. After years of being out of place within herself, she has come to realize that no place is her true home. Trees for Sethe surface simultaneous emotions of pain, veiled beauty and reminiscence of the good days lightly dispersed throughout the horrible ones of her past. The imagery of trees occurs many times in the novel. …show more content…
Since her family was alienated by most of the community, Denver takes to the quiet brush to satisfy her hunger for belonging. Sethe sees her child[ren] as the only positive outlook in her life. Though she and her children have a hard time finding their own identities. Denver inundates herself in her obsession with nature and trees. For her, trees are a place of comfort, shelter and healing, the aspects of her natural life that aren’t met anywhere else. Weeks after Sethe’s sons Howard and Buglar run off, 124 Bluestone receives another beaten soul , Paul D, an old friend of Sethe 's from Sweet Home. He on the contrary of Sethe, dwells on the comfort and necessity of nature. After years of being a vagabond Paul D has come to realize his emotional and mental stake lies in his surroundings. In Beloved, the environment around him determines his every thought and level of comfortability. He can easily conform to the outdoors, if he is given enough time. His surroundings have to be "okay" in order for him to be okay. Though the outdoors where the site of brutality towards him, he is intrigued by it 's tempting beauty because it is all he knows. It seems that every character in beloved have some form of intimate relationship with nature,