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The Protagonist Sethe In Beloved, By Toni Morrison

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Chapter 18 Essay In the novel Beloved, the protagonist Sethe has exhibited an image of a tough and loving mother and ex-slave, who tries to live a better life for herself and her children after regaining freedom. Yet her strong protective emotion has twisted by the traumatizing slavery experience and has lead her to kill her child to keep their freedom. The author Toni Morrison describes Paul D’s mental activities after hearing Sethe’s explanation using strong and vivid imagery, and criticizes the impact that slavery can have on an individual and even a group of individuals. Morrison adapted powerful and violent diction to describe Paul D.’s reaction to stress and impact. When Paul D first learns of what Sethe did when Schoolteacher returned,
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