Why I Chose This Presentation Critical to understanding key elements of Beloved Understand how and why a mother actually may be driven to act as Sethe did Sethe acted out of love Keeping her children from things she had seen/known Slavery In America The earliest African arrivals were viewed in the same way as indentured servants . This similarity did not long continue. By the latter half of the 17th century, clear differences existed in …
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…rather than have her returned to slavery. "Quick. She had to be safe and I put her where she would be." (200) "Not you not none of mine..."(201) "She was my best thing." (272) "I stopped him," "I took and put my babies where they'd be safe." (164) Your Choice When reading this book was it difficult was it for you to make a moral judgment about Sethe's actions? Why? Has this presentation changed you thoughts at all.