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YOU ARE MINE
YOU ARE MINE

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Denver has Beloved's infanticidal blood coursing through her veins. This must be addressed.

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I think it may have something to do with how strongly Denver is attached to Beloved, to the point where she did extra chores just to spend time with her. Yet we never see Beloved return the same level of attachment, where Beloved takes from Denver without returning the connection. Denver drinking Beloved's blood is another example of her extreme, one sided attachment. Denver sees Beloved as hers

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Paul D cannot stay in one place for too long before he feels as if he's stuck. He is afraid of losing control and being captured again. This is because of slavery, obviously. He kept telling Sethe that she loves too much for a slave, that things get taken away and she'll be incredibly hurt by it if she loves with her whole heart. Paul D takes his own advice and never loves anything too much

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Oh please someone help me understand how important this is.

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With Beloved her attachments, specifically with Sethe, seem more like ownership. Beloved says "She is mine" (248) and Sethe says "She my daughter. She mine" (236).

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There is a difference between healthy and toxic relationships. Beloved has an attachment to Sethe, just like Denver has one to Beloved. However, these relationships cause the characters to do things they are insane just to please the other. This is when it turns into ownership, especially when Beloved is happy by the terrible reactions Denver has when she leaves. Denver is relying on Beloved for her happiness.

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While Beloved's emotional attachment to Sethe is reciprocated, she will never have the same connection with Sethe that Denver has with her because of the distance. The emotional connection was immediate for both Beloved and Sethe, while Denver and Sethe built theirs from Denver's infancy. Denver doesn't know a world without her mother-daughter relationship, and Beloved recognizes that she can not make up for those years to the fullest extent.

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the various attachments to  Beloved take on different forms. Beloved is attached to Sethe and Sethe is also attached to Beloved. Beloved is obsessed with seeing her smile and making her happy while Sethe wants to ensure that she is fulfilling her motherly duties by making sure Beloved is happier dead than she would have been living. Denver is also attached to Beloved because she wants to protect her from Sethe and the pain she can enflict. Beloved does not share this attachment with Denver and is focused on Sethe.

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The role of the community is powerful in this novel and often works to ground things when the spirituual supernatural elements of 124 seem ready to lift off. For example, Denver is a growing young woman with needs outside the house and takes a job . Things like this become critical for the healing that needs to take place.

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Beloved tries to create an attachment with everyone, but the attachment seems volatile on both sides for each attachment. Sethe is so strongly attached to Beloved that it seems a painful fallout is almost inevitable. Beloved forced her way into Paul D's life, only causing chaos for him. Denver too was so attached to Beloved that harm could only come when Beloved changed.

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Beloved is strongly attached to Sethe where Beloved will harshly admit to Denver she is only here for Sethe

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I think there is a difference between attachment and ownership. When you are attached to something, you have a connection to it. That connection often involves emotion and I think attachment is more human. I think Denver is definitely attached to . Ownership is more matter-of-fact. Ownership also involves a power dynamic where the owner holds all the power and the  "owned" holds none. Ownership is less human than attachment. The Garners owned the slaves at Sweet Home, but they were by no means attached to them.

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Beloved is incredibly attached to Sethe, and Sethe is incredibly attached to Beloved. They refuse to leave each others side even though it is harming both of them. Sethe was drawn to Beloved even before she knew it was her daughter, she was defiantly more attached to Beloved than to Denver, even though they are both her daughters. It feels like it wasn't real attachment, more like an enchantment put on Sethe by Beloved.

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Beloved, Denver and Sethe become one: 253-256

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Beloved, Denver and Sethe become one: 253-256

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After the 3 monologues, this chapter encompasses all three voices in one. This shows how together Sethe, Beloved and Denver become one identity. This connection can be through blood, but they are also connected through their hardships which stem from their inhumane experiences as a consequence of slavery and their lives as black women.

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How their attachments are shaped by the past

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How their attachments are shaped by the past

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Slavery, deaths, family relationships

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Character relationships to and from Beloved

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Meaningful character attachments in the real world

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Meaningful character attachments in the real world

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Meaningful character attachments in the real world

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Meaningful character attachments in the real world