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The Bluest Eye And Beloved Research Paper

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Toni Morrison, a prolific American author, has created numerous memorable characters in the 116 books she has written. Most of her characters within her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue and richly detailed African-American characters. Morrison continued to explore the African-American experience in its many forms and eras in her work.
Two of her novels, The Bluest Eye and Beloved, feature such characters, but with substantial differences in setting, time period and situation. In Beloved, Sethe, a former slave, lives in Cincinnati with Denver,her daughter, and her mother-in-law, Baby Suggs. She was ostracized from her community because she killed one of her own children. Sethe was trying to protect her and keep her from slave …show more content…

Paul D Garner shows up, Paul D lived with Sethe at the plantation where they both were slaves, he remembers almost everything in Sethe's past. When Paul D comes around, Sethe feels safe and like she can finally open up, Paul D and Sethe end up in bed together, they become a couple. Denver's not that wild about the new man in their life. So when a strange woman shows up on the doorstep of 124 Bluestone Road, Denver's excited. The woman says that her name is Beloved, which is strange since "Beloved" is what Sethe had carved on the tombstone of her dead baby and that’s not the only coincidence either, Beloved seems to know things about Sethe that no one should know. Beloved gets to stay because Sethe thinks Denver needs a friend; in addition, Sethe can't shake the idea that this Beloved might actually be her other daughter. Paul D's is not so sure about Beloved, but it's not like he can do anything about it; he doesn't own the house. Beloved only wants what Sethe has, so she tries to seduce Paul in hopes of getting a piece of Sethe’s life, but that's not what splits up Paul D and Sethe. One of the old family friends tells Paul D about how Sethe killed her daughter and went to jail. Paul D doesn’t

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