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Sethe arrives at Sweet Home as Baby Sugg's replacement

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Sethe arrives at Sweet Home as Baby Sugg's replacement

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"Yet they let the iron-eyed girl be, so she could choose in spite of the fact that each one would've beaten the others to mush to have her" (12).

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Halle and Sethe get married, and Halle buys Baby Suggs out of slavery

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Halle and Sethe get married, and Halle buys Baby Suggs out of slavery

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"I thought there should be some ceremony. Dancing maybe" (70).

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A schoolteacher, Mrs. Garner's brother-in-law, comes to take over the farm

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Sethe overhears the schoolteacher and his students in a lesson

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Sethe overhears the schoolteacher and his students in a lesson

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They are determining her "animal" vs "human" characteristics

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Sixo, the Pauls, Halle, and Sethe plan their escape 

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Sixo, the Pauls, Halle, and Sethe plan their escape 

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"Now all they have to do is wait through the spring, till the corn is high as it ever got and the moon as fat" (262).

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The Schoolteacher catches Paul D and Sixo, and he burns Sixo and kills him

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The Schoolteacher catches Paul D and Sixo, and he burns Sixo and kills him

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He laughs and calls out "Seven-o!"

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She finds Sethe laying in a field and takes care of her, eventually delivering her in the Ohio River

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Paul D gets sent to a prison camp in Georgia

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Paul D gets sent to a prison camp in Georgia

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He is chained to 45 other men and lives in a trench

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Sethe gets to 124, where her two boys and baby girl are waiting

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Sethe gets to 124, where her two boys and baby girl are waiting

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Baby Suggs has a party to celebrate Sethe's and the children's arrival

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Baby Suggs has a party to celebrate Sethe's and the children's arrival

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There is plenty of food and everyone laughs and has a great time. However, the next day, the community is resentful towards her for having so much and not suffering the way they did in slavery.

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The schoolteacher and 3 other men come to take Sethe and the kids back to Sweet Home

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The schoolteacher and 3 other men come to take Sethe and the kids back to Sweet Home

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They are legally able to by the Fugitive Slave Law

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Sethe takes the children into the woodshed, hurts the two boys, and kills the baby girl

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Sethe takes the children into the woodshed, hurts the two boys, and kills the baby girl

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On her tombstone is written Beloved

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Denver gets some education from Lady Jones

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Denver gets some education from Lady Jones

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However, she quits after about a year because a boy asks if her mom was a murderer and went to jail.

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Stamp Paid can eventually understand that she doesn't give up, but she is exhausted from fighting a losing battle against the white people

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Sethe comes back from the house in bare feet to see Paul D, from Sweet Home, is sitting on her porch

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Paul D "attacks" the baby's ghost in 124

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Paul D "attacks" the baby's ghost in 124

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Sethe, Paul D, and Denver go to the carnival

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Sethe, Paul D, and Denver go to the carnival

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Denver begins to accept Paul D as part of the family

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"...all they saw was a black dress, two unlaced shoes below it, and Here Boy nowhere in sight" (61).

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Sethe, Denver, and Beloved go to the Clearing

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Sethe, Denver, and Beloved go to the Clearing

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Sethe feels like she's being choked, and Denver believes Beloved caused it to happen

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Paul D sleeps in the shed outside, and Beloved convinces him to sleep with her

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Paul D sleeps in the shed outside, and Beloved convinces him to sleep with her

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"Red heart. Red heart. Red heart" (138).

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Beloved disappears in the shed and Denver thinks she's left, but then she reappears, saying "'I don't want that place. This is the place I am'" (146).

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Stamp Paid tells Paul D about the murder

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Stamp Paid tells Paul D about the murder

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Paul D confronts Sethe about it, then leaves 124

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Denver, Beloved, and Sethe spend the day together

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Denver, Beloved, and Sethe spend the day together

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"When the click came Sethe didn't know what it was. Afterward it was clear as daylight that the click came at the very beginning" (207).

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Stamp Paid repeatedly tries to knock on 124's door

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Stamp Paid repeatedly tries to knock on 124's door

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It feels unnatural that he can't just walk in like he usually does, and he hears angry voices around the house

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Stamp Paid finds Paul D and offers to let him stay with at his house

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Stamp Paid finds Paul D and offers to let him stay with at his house

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He tells him about Vashti and how he got his name

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Beloved begins to suck the life out of Sethe

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Beloved begins to suck the life out of Sethe

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"...and little by little it dawned on Denver that if Sethe didn't wake up one morning and pick up a knife, Beloved might" (285).

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Denver goes to Lady Jones's house to ask for help

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Denver goes to Lady Jones's house to ask for help

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People deliver food to 124 and Denver goes to thank them all

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Denver goes to the Bodwin's house to try to get a job

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Denver goes to the Bodwin's house to try to get a job

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She tells Janey about what's going on in 124, and Janey tells the other women about the "spirit" (Beloved)

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The women of the town decide to go to 124 to drive Beloved away

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The women of the town decide to go to 124 to drive Beloved away

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"The future was sunset; the past something to leave behind. And if it didn't stay behind, well, you might have to stomp it out" (302).

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Mr. Bodwin comes to pick up Denver for her job while all the women are at 124

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Mr. Bodwin comes to pick up Denver for her job while all the women are at 124

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Sethe mistakes him for the schoolteacher and goes to try to kill him

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Beloved disappears, and Paul D comes back to 124

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Beloved disappears, and Paul D comes back to 124

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"'Sethe,' he says, 'you and me, we got more yesterday than anybody.  We need some kind of tomorrow'" (322).
"'You your best thing, Sethe. You are'" (322).

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Everyone moves on from Beloved, and with her, the past

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Everyone moves on from Beloved, and with her, the past

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"The rest is weather. Not the breath of the disremembered and unaccounted for, but wind in the eaves, or spring ice thawing too quickly. Just weather" (324).