Morrison's Beloved: A Review

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Suggs, is Halle's mother and Sethe's mother - in - law, and is an
important character in the story in that she brings about many aspects of self-
pride and versatility. Suggs lived through the "slavery" and came out of the
ordeal with strength of her character alone. Slavery at the time broke down the
slaves making them have low self- esteem and low worth. But Suggs brings about
the part of resiliency that was needed to beat the "system." Her faith in God
and self makes her the prominent legacy. As she rose above slavery so have
other individual rose above persecution and hardship across the years. For
instance, World Wars, Holocaust, and the depression to name a few.
Morrison throughout Beloved offers realism of the times and consequences
that occurred with the slaves. Morrison paints a picture post -Civil War life
that leaves many black people lost in America. Blacks after the civil War
emerged all across the South with no place to go. The South was in ruins in
every ...

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