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Symbolism In Sweet Home

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The imagery used in the passage on page 185 uses symbolism to describe Sethe’s hawk like character traits. This imagery alludes the reader to consider how aggressive and protective Sethe is over her kin. Sethe has two moments that closely relate to a hawk: killing her daughter to protect her from slavery and protecting her kids from everything. The first key resemblance between a hawk and Sethe is Sethe killing her daughter to protect her from slavery. With the alternative of letting her child endure the misery and everlasting pain that Sethe had endured at Sweet Home, Sethe decided to kill her daughter. In the moment, Sethe wanted to save her daughter. Her overprotectiveness overcame her morals, for few people would ever consciously murder
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