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... In Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved, she explains how ex-slaves freed themselves from the cruel punishment and animal like treatment once placed on them. ... When Beloved shows up, a young girl who is the reincarnation of Sethe’s deceased daughter crawling all ready, she diverts Sethes attention and seduces Paul D in a attempt to drive Paul D away because she becomes jealous of the attention Sethe was giving him. Paul D could not seem to control himself and is disgusted by his own weakness in having sex with Beloved. After having sex with Beloved, Paul D unwittingly opens the box of his memories and his past starts to catch up with him again. ...
The opportunity to free himself and claim ownership of himself had arise after having sex with Beloved and after building a solid relationship with Sethe. Beloved acted almost as a key, opening up the tobacco tin heart in which Paul D chose to hide his past in. ... Paul D could not have learned to live life without the restraints of his past until his sexual experience with Beloved, but it took Sethe for him to learn that life goes.
Approximate Word count = 1138
Approximate Pages = 4.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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