What I enjoyed about the beginning of this passage was the short, almost choppy sentences. It gives the reader a sort of look into Paul D’s mind. No one really thinks in the kind of long, sophisticated sentences that we read and write in. We think in sentences like “my head hurts,” assuming we think in sentences at all. Paul D then remembers Sixo, who was frequently referred to as “The Wild Man,” and he remembered the very important thing he had said about love. Real love was about someone who was a friend just as much as an affectionate companion, and it was someone who made you feel whole. When Paul D remembers this and begins to think about Sethe’s features, it feels like he is finally learning to love fully, with complete abandon. He loves