Lesson # 9 Beloved by Toni Morrison 1. A powerful passage for me was when Sethe began to talk about her love for Denver. It was right after Denver asked Paul D "how long he was going to hang around" (43). Sethe scolded her and asked her to leave. Paul D and Sethe began to argue and Paul D insinuated that he thought Denver was a little off. Sethe told him that she could "chastise" Denver, but she would …
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…to let us into Sethe's thoughts and feelings about her past (37). The mixture of foreshadowing and flashbacks is an interesting design of element that gives the book the mood of tragedy. It makes the book interesting. In the end, as the reader, we share with Sethe and Paul D the understanding of who they have become and how they need each other to complete themselves and start living their lives to the fullest. 5 1 Tricia ENGL 3326