Along with evidence that Beloved is a two-year-old stuck in a twenty-year old's body, there is also proof of Beloved having developmental problems. According to Freudian psychology, girls need a father figure (Chodorow). Cox explains, “Since Beloved’s father is not present when she returns in corporeal form, Beloved seeks out her mother’s current lover, Paul D. She places the title of “father” upon him and tries to use him to complete the transition from the preoedipal to the oedipal period which her physical age (regardless of her mental age) is urging her to make”. To Beloved, Paul D’s rejection is like a father saying he does not love his daughter and, therefore, hinders her development. This pushes her to attach even more to Sethe because