Beloved
Escaping from the Past in Unity
Toni Morrison's , is a book about a community made up of individuals running away from their pasts. In meeting a few of those individuals and learning how and what they are running from, it becomes obvious that no one can deal successfully with the burden of past memories alone. Those who attempt to face their troubles alone wind up tiring out and giving up, as is demonstrated by Baby Suggs. Sethe and Paul D however, try to fight back the past only to realize it cannot be done alone. After doing so, they find that with the community or a loved one to "encourage you to put some of your weight in their hands," the present becomes tolerable and a future ...
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from their disapproval was not enough, the family was hit with another blow, when Sethe was imprisoned. As Sethe is being taken away by the sheriff, the community who was already looking unfavorably upon the family's pride, asked the questions: "Was her head a bit too high? Her back a little too straight?" (152). These questions foreshadowed how, as long as 124 continued to be prideful, the community would keep their support withdrawn from the family that lived within. As a result, Baby Suggs, Sethe and the rest of the family was left to deal with their trials alone.
Hence, Baby who at one time found her strength in the community, lost that sense of belonging, her strength then died leading to her giving up the fight.
Her past was like her present - intolerable, and since she knew death was anything but forgetfulness, she used the little energy left her for pondering colors.(4)
Without the community, Baby Suggs stopped looking towards a future and relinquished her ...
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