Comparing The Motif Of Photos In Toni Morrison's Beloved

Character development is required for us to mature and grow as individuals. Character development allows us to transform for the better and become people with compassion for others, as well as to establish our own path in life. The motif of ghosts in Toni Morrison's Beloved and the motif of photos in Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Refugee short tale "Fatherland" are present to depict character development through the sisterly bond. Denver in Beloved by Toni Morrison was recognized as a young girl who relied on her mother and was very quiet and sensitive to everyone. Denver had no friends except for her mother and her grandmother died while her brothers left her. She spent all of her time at home. She was essentially cut off from the rest of

Sethe is not concentrating on Denver as much in Toni Morrison's Beloved because she is haunted by sorrow about her deceased daughter, Beloved. Sethe is caring for Denver in the sense that she feeds her and provides her with the necessities of life, but she is not caring for Denver in the sense that she does not give her the attention and love that she requires at such a young age. Denver often seems isolated and neglected. While in "Fatherland" from Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Refugee, her father clearly favors and loves Vivien more than Phuong. Vivien never sees her father in Vietnam, whereas Phuong has always stood by her father's side and strives to be a good daughter for her father. Their father preferred his first family to his second family, and he attempted to recreate the original family by giving the children the same names, but it did not work. It simply forces the youngsters to live in the shadow of siblings they have never met. Sethe and Mr. Ly are both parents who fail to provide their children with the care and love they need and

Denver begins to care for Beloved, “Denver tended her, watched her sound sleep, listened to her heavy breathing and, out of love and a racing possessiveness that charged her,” (Morrison, 64). She becomes preoccupied with tending to Beloved and devotes the majority of her time to motherly care for Beloved. She matures from an immature, ego-driven adolescent to a caring, compassionate, and selfless woman. She progressed from being self-centered and reliant on others to doing everything herself and caring for others. When Sethe became more feeble and unwell, Denver left 124 alone for the first time in eighteen years to try to obtain a job to help her mother by going to see Lady Jones, her old teacher. Denver was responsible for two people at this point: Beloved and Sethe. She had to complete all of Sethe's household tasks. We would never have witnessed Denver supporting her mother before Beloved's arrival since she was completely reliant on Sethe and Sethe was constantly taking good care of and serving Denver. Many things transpired after Beloved came, and Denver was compelled to assume the motherly role and care for Sethe. Paul D had dispelled the ghost which made Beloved come into human form and went to 124 was a crucial event in Denver’s development; if circumstances had stayed the same and Beloved had not arrived at 124, Denver would never have