Chapter 22
36. Who is the narrator in this chapter? Who is she talking about?
37. Describe the style of the narrator’s language this chapter? Why do you think Morrison
made it so difficult to understand?
38. What images does the narrator describe? What do you think she is referring to?
36) Beloved the child ghost grown up is the narrator in this chapter. She talks about Sethe almost endlessly. She loves Sethe, because she is her mother, but then has a slightly unhealthy obsession with Sethe as her murderer.
37) This chapter is written without punctuation but with spacing. I think that one of the reasons Morrison made Beloved's chapter so hard to read is because she is infantile. She appears as an adult to Paul D, Sethe, and Denver, but also childish and suckling. She is still young and I think that mentally she has a better understanding of the world but she still has an infantile attitude. She has no care for Denver's feelings, and doesn't understand that maybe she should.
38) The imagery that Beloved uses is very interesting. It is also very undefinitive. As the reader, we can pick out little details to find who she is talking about. She also talks about her time when "dead", when not a ghost. She speaks of lying among flesh and "men without skin". People were trying to leave, leave their bodies behind.
Beloved then begins speaking about Sethe, and the "iron Circle" around her neck, as well as Sethe's face being hers, the one she lost.
I think from an external standpoint, the punctuation and writing style support the eery and dark mood of the chapter. Beloved in conversing about her wish to bond with Sethe and what she was missing. She also talks about coming back to a human form, coming out of the water and finding her way to 124. The effect of the horror-esque content and writing is intense for the writer, as well as making it very real.
36. Who is the narrator in this chapter? Who is she talking about?
37. Describe the style of the narrator’s language this chapter? Why do you think Morrison
made it so difficult to understand?
38. What images does the narrator describe? What do you think she is referring to?
36) Beloved the child ghost grown up is the narrator in this chapter. She talks about Sethe almost endlessly. She loves Sethe, because she is her mother, but then has a slightly unhealthy obsession with Sethe as her murderer.
37) This chapter is written without punctuation but with spacing. I think that one of the reasons Morrison made Beloved's chapter so hard to read is because she is infantile. She appears as an adult to Paul D, Sethe, and Denver, but also childish and suckling. She is still young and I think that mentally she has a better understanding of the world but she still has an infantile attitude. She has no care for Denver's feelings, and doesn't understand that maybe she should.
38) The imagery that Beloved uses is very interesting. It is also very undefinitive. As the reader, we can pick out little details to find who she is talking about. She also talks about her time when "dead", when not a ghost. She speaks of lying among flesh and "men without skin". People were trying to leave, leave their bodies behind.
Beloved then begins speaking about Sethe, and the "iron Circle" around her neck, as well as Sethe's face being hers, the one she lost.
I think from an external standpoint, the punctuation and writing style support the eery and dark mood of the chapter. Beloved in conversing about her wish to bond with Sethe and what she was missing. She also talks about coming back to a human form, coming out of the water and finding her way to 124. The effect of the horror-esque content and writing is intense for the writer, as well as making it very real.
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