of Beloved:
             "Denver approached the house, regarding it, as she always did, as a person rather than a structure. A person that wept, sighed, trembled and fell into fits. Her steps and her gaze were the cautious ones of a child approaching a nervous, idle relative. (19)
             Toni Morrison uses two major themes in her novels. Slavery and spiritualism is displayed throughout the plots in each one of Morrison's legendary books. In Beloved she chooses to make the reader feel a sense of unreality. The book uses one character to change to entire theme. The actual character of Beloved is a spirit, brought back from the dead, to haunt her past. This book could be, and most likely was true except for the one factor that Beloved is a ghost. Fiction versus non-fiction can be seen in the ways in which Toni Morrison presents her imaginary character, Beloved. Morrison adds a simple twist to make this a fictional novel.
             Both African teachings and 19th century spiritualism address the behavior of the improperly mourned and buried, the restless spirit who haunts. Sethe wonders
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