Chapter 27
49. What is the tone of this final chapter?
50. What is the significance of the line: “This is not a story to pass on.”? Has Beloved left
any trace? Why write a story that should not be passed on?
47) I think that Denver knows and understands that Beloved was the embodiment of her older sister, but at the same time, I think she believes that Beloved was more than just a vengeful baby. Beloved shows signs of being a spirit and then some. For example, she has divine powers, such as the ability to choke Sethe when Beloved herself is a ways away. I think that Denver recognizes that this spirit has grown into something more and that is what she tells Paul D.
48) Paul D is speaking about Sethe, and how confusing she is to him. I agree with him as long as he is referencing his feelings towards her. Paul D experiences great conflict in his feelings towards Sethe. He wants to build a future, but is afraid of the past. To him, Sethe is the embodiment of many things he wishes to forget, but at the same time, keeps him whole, with his jumbled pieces "put together right again". This emotional conflict can be very confusing for many people, and that is why I think that Paul D is right in his idea that there are "too many things" to feel.
49) The tone of this chapter is educational and peaceful in a way. It also has a sense of a deep hidden hope, the kind of hope you are afraid to let free incase it grows to big it kills you when its broken.
50) The line "this is not a story to pass on" is directly from Toni Morrison's mouth. It means that Beloved is not a pretty story, it isn't a happy one, and it isn't one you want to share with people. It is there, and it always will be, but that doesn't mean it has to haunt you forever. Beloved has left a trace, maybe not noticeably but her face appears in paintings and sometimes the characters think they hear her voice, because she will always be with them. The pain will fade, the hope will fade, but an ounce of her memory will always be in their hearts.
Toni Morrison writes a story that should not be passed on because while it doesn't need to be told from person to person, it needs to be told. As a political novel, it shoves the idea that sure, freedom has been found, the ordeal is over, but there is still a fight left to fight into peoples faces. It brings out the idea that just because the most horrendous part is over, it will continue to haunt you for the rest of your life and that is just as bad.
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Explain what you think Denver means when Paul D asks Denver, “You think she sure
‘nough your sister?” and she replies, “At times. At times I think she was -- more.”
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Who is Paul D talking about and what do you think he means when he says, “There are
too many things to feel about this woman”? Do you agree with his assessment of her, or
do you think she is “simpler”?
49. What is the tone of this final chapter?
50. What is the significance of the line: “This is not a story to pass on.”? Has Beloved left
any trace? Why write a story that should not be passed on?
47) I think that Denver knows and understands that Beloved was the embodiment of her older sister, but at the same time, I think she believes that Beloved was more than just a vengeful baby. Beloved shows signs of being a spirit and then some. For example, she has divine powers, such as the ability to choke Sethe when Beloved herself is a ways away. I think that Denver recognizes that this spirit has grown into something more and that is what she tells Paul D.
48) Paul D is speaking about Sethe, and how confusing she is to him. I agree with him as long as he is referencing his feelings towards her. Paul D experiences great conflict in his feelings towards Sethe. He wants to build a future, but is afraid of the past. To him, Sethe is the embodiment of many things he wishes to forget, but at the same time, keeps him whole, with his jumbled pieces "put together right again". This emotional conflict can be very confusing for many people, and that is why I think that Paul D is right in his idea that there are "too many things" to feel.
49) The tone of this chapter is educational and peaceful in a way. It also has a sense of a deep hidden hope, the kind of hope you are afraid to let free incase it grows to big it kills you when its broken.
50) The line "this is not a story to pass on" is directly from Toni Morrison's mouth. It means that Beloved is not a pretty story, it isn't a happy one, and it isn't one you want to share with people. It is there, and it always will be, but that doesn't mean it has to haunt you forever. Beloved has left a trace, maybe not noticeably but her face appears in paintings and sometimes the characters think they hear her voice, because she will always be with them. The pain will fade, the hope will fade, but an ounce of her memory will always be in their hearts.
Toni Morrison writes a story that should not be passed on because while it doesn't need to be told from person to person, it needs to be told. As a political novel, it shoves the idea that sure, freedom has been found, the ordeal is over, but there is still a fight left to fight into peoples faces. It brings out the idea that just because the most horrendous part is over, it will continue to haunt you for the rest of your life and that is just as bad.
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