A Condemned Past...

Just As I thought this book couldn't get more demented, tormenting, and plot twisting, it did. I had to open my mouth early. Well I finally figured that Sethe actually killed her daughter Beloved, no biggie. After, reading part 2 and 3 I have to say part 2 was the craziest. For three chapters in Part 2, each chapter was dedicated to either Sethe, Denver, and Beloved's past or start I guess you can say. The first chapter in part was all about Sethe. In this chapter basically Sethe killed beloved. I connected this image of the symbol of blood on the hands. Normally when blood is on a characters hand it represents that the guilt of what you did will basically eat you metaphorically. I thought this also fitted in with Sethe because in reality Sethe actually killed her own baby daughter Beloved. Despite whatever her true intentions were on killing Beloved she has death of Beloved in her hands. I found it crazy how Sethe was able to keep a secrete away like this from people so long. I question whether Sethe actually has a mental problem . But this is the questioned I asked myself while reading this exact chapter, "did Sethe killing was Beloved was an actual mental health problem she has or was it due to the fact that Sethe was dealing with a lot back then making her motives to kill Beloved into actually saving her?" Because at the time she was a run away her and her own mother was lynched for what not. I feel as if Sethe killed Beloved for a greater purpose as in her being born wouldn't want her child to live into this horrible world as these slaves saw it.z
       

          Next was Denver perspective of all this. We also came to realization that her other two kids that left her wasn't because 124 was haunted but actually because her own children were scared of her. They were scared that their own mother would kill them as well. Denver I feel since shes pretty childish she wasn't actually thinking reality that her mom would kill her. But maybe that fear itself would kill her, as in constant thought of her mother hurting her when she actually wouldn't as like a nightmare. Beloved chapter was just questioning because it talks about how basically maybe a women ate her and next thing she knows shes that women or took her presence some how. Next thing she knows shes coming out of the water like i mentioned before in my other blog almost as if she "resurrected."