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Paul D. struggled a lot in his past. Since the earliest of Paul's life Toni has mentioned he has been enslaved or working in poor conditions. After failing to escape from Sweet Home Paul is sent to a labour camp in Georgia with terrible conditions. He is chained to the other slaves and trapped in a partially underground cage to sleep. He escapes becuase he and the other slaves are able to dig out and run into a group of Native Americans. Paul stays with them for a little while before taking the underground railroad north. Eventually he ends up living with a woman in Vermont. For unknown reasons he has to leave so he makes his way Cincinnati where he runs into Sethe 18 years after leaving Sweet Home.

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Paul's relationship with Sethe changes frequently throughout the book. At first it just seems like Paul and Sethe are old friends who  had met again after a long time. Paul goes to the fair with Sethe and Denver and they have a good time. Later their relationship deepens into a romantic one that helps both Paul and Sethe feel better about themselves. Once Beloved is introduced things get more complicated between Paul and Sethe. Paul dislikes and distrusts Beloved while Sethe loves and trusts her. This and Beloved forcing Paul out means that Paul and Sethe didn't interact much in the 3/4 of the book. However once Beloved is gone Paul returned and tried to help Sethe who had fallen into a depression because Beloved was gone. Paul talks her about how she doesn't need beloved, how Beloved wasn't Sethe's biggest accomplishment Sethe was. He says "You your best thing"(Morrison, 322) Paul's relationship with Sethe had many ups and downs and heavily impacted how Paul felt about himself at first Sethe helped to make him feel better in the  middle she served as a reminder of guilt and towards the end of the book she made him sad becuase she had let herself go for Beloved.

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Paul D's relationship with Beloved is fraught with conflict. Ever since Beloved walked out of the river Paul has disliked and not trusted her. Beloved treated him with a similar attitude. Eventually Beloved decided enough was enough and used her powers to force Paul first out of Sethe's bed and then out of the house into the garage and finally off of the property pushing paul into the freezing cellar of the church. The last straw was when Beloved compelled Paul to have sex with her pushing him further from everyone at 124 becuase of the guilt that he felt. Much of Paul's interactions with Beloved were bad for Paul. He was berated for being suspicious of her, and she forced him to have sex with her ruining Paul's already fraying relationship with Sethe

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Toni Morrison was born under the name Chloe Ardelia Wofford on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. . Toni morrison was an accomplished author most well known for her fictional works. Some of her most popular works were Sula, The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Tar Baby. She also wrote children's books, Non-fiction, plays, poetry and many more types of literature. She also spoke a lot in public. She often spoke about racism and feminism and tried to make the world a better place. By the end of her life Morrison had received over 40 awards for literature and public speaking including a nobel prize. She continued talking and writing until she passed at the age of 88 on August 5 2019 in New York

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"He would keep the rest where it belonged: in that tobacco tin buried in his chest where a red heart used to be."(Morrison 86)

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This quote is an essential part of Paul. The quote is essential becuase it reveals much of his mentality. Throughout the book rather than talking about his problems Paul suffers in silence. When he is being booted out of the house by beloved he doesn't say anything. After beloved forces him into having sex with her he doesn't say anything. Paul is used to pushing everything down so he doesn't have to deal with it. He learned this after being abused at Sweet Home and then later at the prison when he is abused he can't talk to anyone so he pushes it all down and away this quote encapsulates that mentality he puts all his feelings in a little box so he doesn't have to feel them.

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At the beginning of the book when Paul arrives it seems that Paul came because he had dreamed of sleeping with Sethe but after he does that he sticks with her and did seem to truly love her this was most evident when he talked to her at the end of the book and tried to tell her that she had value. Paul D does not fear much during the main timeline of the book. He is wary of beloved throughout the beginning of the book and after beloved this seems to turn into a pretty big fear of beloved as even though he wanted to be with Sethe a lot his fear of Beloved is enough to keep him away until she leaves. Paul is usually sure of himself and we only really seem him doubting himself or others when beloved is concerned. He remains suspicious of her throughout the beginning of the book and that turns to downright hate or fear after she kicks him out.

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Ethan -

You do a nice job here. Your writing is clear and to the point, and what you have to say about Paul D is on target and important. I like very much your choice of a quote - the one about the tobacco tin heart - as it seems to be at the heart (no pun intended) of Paul D's character and of what slavery has done to him. Watch some of the mechanics that have given you a little trouble - capitalization, spelling, and awkward phrasing. But overall, this is nicely put together and well thought out. (B)