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Cry the Beloved Country, by Alan Paton is a novel inspired by the industrial revolution. Paton describes in detail the conditions in which the Africans were living during this time period, 1946. This story tells about a Zulu pastor who goes into the city in search of his son and siblings who left in search […]
By cutting her child’s throat, she is in an effort of taking and putting her children where they would be safe in such a society where he slavery was in practice. For her, this is the only and ultimate way of expressing her deep inner feelings as a subaltern but the question of who hears […]
The opening chapter, which is almost a prose poem, introduces us to two adjacent country sides near the South African village of Ixopo—country sides which represent the two worlds of the novel. Rich damp matted grass on the upland is an indication of the well-tended ground of a well-to-do white farmer. Desolate red soil in […]
The woman’s sole residence had always been this one. Prior to that, she resided on a ground made of dirt and had to take salsify into Mrs. Garner’s kitchen every day in order to have the opportunity to work and feel a sense of ownership. Her aim was to cherish her job and enhance it […]
Dearest Beloved, I still remember you, Beloved, as all mothers always remember their children. You were a tiny, fragile and heavenly body. Your coffee colored skin, big sparkly eyes and silky curly hair still appear in my dreams at night. You were so talented at a young age, you were able to walk. As the […]
Toni Morrison’s Beloved exemplifies the importance of both narrative methods and structure, in addition to the story itself. The opening line, “124 was spiteful,” introduces the reader to a unique approach where the story is started in the middle. Toni Morrison intentionally filled Beloved with “baby’s venom”1 to create a confrontation with the incomprehensible2. Her […]
Anger, in all its sometimes raw, sometimes subtle, sometimes simple and sometimes sophisticated glory is an affect, which from the first line of Toni Morrison’s Beloved (“124 was spiteful”) takes center stage. The true multi-faceted nature of this affect often goes unrealized because we tend to recognize an emotion through its responses. Anger, in most […]
Beloved has been the subject of various interpretations. Some perceive her as the Devil or a savior, while others simply see her as Sethe’s deceased child returning to torment her. In my opinion, all of these notions partially capture her true nature, but they are not entirely accurate. This narrative is not about the concepts […]
Denver has to recognize her dependence on others and start to rely on herself so that she can become her own person and reach her full potential. Before Beloved, Denver had only left the house a few times and needed someone’s help to do something. As Beloved and Sethe grow closer, Denver has the chance […]
In her novel Beloved, Toni Morrison sets up several characters who both love and are beloved. Among them, Paul D stands out through his timidity toward love and the meaning behind love, freedom. Because of the bitter and miserable experiences suffered by him and people around him, he has learned to love just a little […]
“It is the ultimate gesture of a loving mother. It is the outrageous claim of a slave”(Morrison 1987). These are the words that Toni Morrison used to describe the actions of the central character within the novel, Beloved. That character, Sethe, is presented as a former slave woman who chooses to kill her baby girl […]
