myself. I read the pages and follow the story, but understanding this story is something totally different. Words flow from the pages into my head, but what I am reading does not strike home. Re-read the same section, and the story is understood, but what exactly the characters are going through evades me. The emotion involved does not register, as what I am reading, though based on a true story, seems completely fictional.
             Mothers do not ever take saw blades to their children's throats. This seemingly cold-hearted manner in which Sethe "liberates" her children seems to be a complete fabrication by Morrison to further highlight the hellish life of the slaves in America. This is not
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