Beloved
In Toni Morrison's novel Beloved, there are many characters mentioned in the book. Some of the main characters are mentioned throughout the whole story while other supporting characters are only mentioned once or twice. They all play a key role in the plot formation though some more than others. This novel has a lot of twists and turns that take place and the characters in the novel allow that to happen. The one character which most of the events revolves around and makes the story interesting is Sethe. Her decisions and actions throughout the novel help one scene lead into the next, which makes Sethe a major character in the novel. In this paper I intend to show Sethe is not only considered a main character that helps each scene lead into the next but was also instrumental in the major plot of the death of her baby Beloved. In the beginning of the book Sethe flashes back on how she meet her husband Halle. She was lucky to find Halle in her life because he fathered all her children. Sethe says, "When he asked her to be his wife, Sethe happily agreed and then was stuck not knowing the next step. There should be a ceremony, shouldn't there? A Preacher, some dancing a party, a something" (16). Sethe make
She is about to give up when all of a sudden a white woman appears named Amy Denver. Many of the supporting characters play a key role and fundamental role in the plot and its outcome. The story could have a different ending because of how Sethe reacted in a certain situation. She has to take care of them and watch over them. Sethe takes what happened to her mother into consideration. This makes Sethe important because her choices and actions that she takes could make or break the book. If Denver did not run away would they all live happily in 124 with Beloved still there? It's Sethe's decisions that had an affect on the other characters and what they do. This is the reason why the ghost Beloved shows up at 124. Her actions are what hold the characters together and cause what is to happen next. Sethe is walking barefoot through the woods pregnant and battered, she was running away from the torture that she was put through as a slave. This is the major scene, which turns out to be the main plot of the book. This is a strong quote on in that it says Sethe is a strong willed person. Halle is the father of Sethe's four children. She goes off into the cornfields with Halle after they are married and that is where Denver is conceived. This is a very stern judgment Sethe takes in that it is a very important decision.
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