Beloved: Sethe's Vocabulary

Have you ever read a book that was so hard to read due to its massive extensive vocabulary, it’s peculiar writing style? Well one book novel that you’ll find hard to comprehend is called Beloved by Toni Morrison. The book novel Beloved takes place when the Fugitive Slave Act was written, the main character, Sethe, was a former slave women who escaped to the north with her children. They stayed there until she was found by her current slave owner, through desperation she attempted to murder her kids for she believed it would be better for them to be dead then experience the horrors of slavery. She succeeded in killing one child but it only made matters worse. Few years later, the dead baby would come back from the other side to only haunt Sethe

In the middle of chapter 6, Sethe was ask by Beloved on where her earrings were. Sethe explains how she had received them, “"Where your diamonds?" Beloved searched Sethe's face. "Diamonds? What would I be doing with diamonds?" "On your ears." "Wish I did. I had some crystal once. A present from a lady I worked for." "Tell me," said Beloved, smiling a wide happy smile. "Tell me your diamonds."” The book then reflects back to why she obtained them, “Next day Mrs. Garner crooked her finger at me and took me upstairs to her bedroom. She opened up a wooden box and took out a pair of crystal earrings. She said, 'I want you to have these, Sethe.' I said, 'Yes, ma'am.' 'Are your ears pierced?' she said. I said, 'No, ma'am.' 'Well do it,' she said, 'so you can wear them. I want you to have them and I want you and Halle to be happy.' I thanked her but I never did put them on till I got away from there. One day after I walked into this here house Baby Suggs unknotted my underskirt and took em out. I sat right here by the stove with Denver in my arms and let her punch holes in my ears for to wear them." This is a great representation on how people would like these flashbacks because it provides a better understanding into why certain events or actions were made without having to read the full story moment and continue on with the