https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93 Jack Groat en-us 2022-02-15 15:07:56 UTC 2022-03-18 13:59:38 UTC hello@padlet.com groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2048869465 paul d is an ex-slave who escaped from sweet home after sethe. he has spent his time until this point walking almost constantly, rarely staying in one place for more than a few months. denver is not particularly happy about this, especially after he scares off the ghost of sethe's child. "Sitting on the porch not forty feet away was Paul D, the last of the Sweet Home men." (Morrison, pg.7)]]> 2022-02-15 15:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2048869465 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2048870682 28 days after reaching 124, sethe's baby dies. sethe kills her child, who was not yet named, in order to prevent her from growing up as a slave for Schoolteacher. she spends time in jail with denver. she becomes hated by the community for this. ]]> 2022-02-15 15:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2048870682 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2048871469 sethe escapes, and walks for a long period of time. she is very pregnant, and wounded from the whipping. ]]> 2022-02-15 15:43:17 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2048871469 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2048873278 baby suggs, the mother of sethe's husband halle, dies not long after howard and buglar leave- "Baby Suggs died shortly after the brothers left.." (Morrison, pg. 4]]> 2022-02-15 15:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2048873278 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2048873884 howard and buglar are the sons of sethe. due to the years of torment from the ghost of sethe's dead baby, they leave when they are young teenagers. they never return. "and the sons, Howard and Buglar, had run away by the time they were thirteen years old..." (Morrison, pg.1)]]> 2022-02-15 15:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2048873884 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2060729290 sethe's husband watches from above the barn they are in as they steal her breast milk. afterwards it is implied he goes mad, and is found by paul d smearing butter on his face

"last time i saw him he was sitting by the churn. he had butter all over his face." (pg.82)

"they took my milk and he saw it.." (pg.82)]]> 2022-02-22 14:55:52 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2060729290 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2060734258 as sethe is escaping, she is found by a white woman named amy denver. she nurses sethe back from the brink of death. she helps sethe deliver her baby denver in a boat on a river. amy leaves, and sethe names her newborn baby after her: denver. 
"when a foot rose from the river bed and kicked the bottom of the boat and sethe's behind, she knew it was done." (Morrison, T, pg.99)]]> 2022-02-22 14:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2060734258 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2060743904 a mysterious woman named beloved arrives at sethe's house, in an extremely sickly state. paul d does not like her, but sethe and denver develop a close connection with her, particularly denver. "'What might your name be?' asked Paul D. 'Beloved,' she said," (Morrison, pg.62)]]> 2022-02-22 15:02:52 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2060743904 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2060750125 sethe never really knew her mother. she was hung when she was a young child, for reasons sethe never finds out. 
"i didn't see her but a few times out in the fields..." (pg.72)]]> 2022-02-22 15:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2060750125 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2060752881 at 14, sethe marries one of the slaves and sweet home, halle. she is given a set of crystal earrings by the owner of sweet home (mrs Garner) to celebrate this, as she had no marriage ceremony. 

"she opened up a wooden box and took out a pair of crystal earrings." (pg. 71)]]> 2022-02-22 15:07:12 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2060752881 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2065132190 When a carnival comes to town, Paul D takes the women. it is an important bonding moment, as they feel they can finally become a family. "There's a carnival in town. Thursday, tomorrow, is for coloureds... what you say?" (Morrison, pg. 56)]]> 2022-02-24 18:44:21 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2065132190 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2065187986 2022-02-24 19:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2065187986 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2069677757 2022-02-28 15:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2069677757 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2073706274 after hearing about sethe killing her baby from stamp paid, paul D leaves 124. he stays in a church. ]]> 2022-03-02 14:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2073706274 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2093903603 halle buys her out. ]]> 2022-03-14 13:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2093903603 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2093905340 2022-03-14 13:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2093905340 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2093916459 The men murder Sixo, and he distracts them to let the bearer of his child (the 30-mile woman) escape. Paul D is brought back to sweet home, where he is fitted with a bit. (270)]]> 2022-03-14 14:04:26 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2093916459 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2093926045 after telling mrs garner what schoolteacher's nephews did to her, she is viciously whipped by them. ]]> 2022-03-14 14:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2093926045 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2093971880 "'Did you? Snap it?' 'Uh uh. I changed my name," (Morrison, pg.275)

]]> 2022-03-14 14:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2093971880 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2094003728 sethe becomes dependant on beloved's approval, doing anything she can for it. she is fired from her job, and the family begin to starve.
"(Sethe happy when Beloved was; Beloved lapping devotion like cream)" (Morrison, pg. 286)]]> 2022-03-14 14:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2094003728 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2094005181 Denver decides to do something about sethe and beloved, and leaves to seek help from her old teacher. the people of the community begin sending them food. "Every now and then, all through the spring, names appeared near or in gifts of food" (Morrison, pg.293)]]> 2022-03-14 14:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2094005181 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2094022229 2022-03-14 14:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2094022229 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2094030648 Denver talks to Janey Wagon, to get a night job as a nanny for the Bodwins. She does so to support her family. "... and told Janey he would pick the new girl [Denver] up before supper," (Morrison, pg. 303)]]> 2022-03-14 14:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2094030648 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2098134918 sethe tries to kill mr bodwin with an icepick. 


"... ''cause Mr Bodwin say he selling is soon's he can' 'Thats the name of the one she tried to stab?" (Morrison, pg. 311)]]> 2022-03-16 14:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2098134918 groatj https://padlet.com/groatj/edxjjkfflzvwix93/wish/2098979852 After conditions significantly worsened at the arrival of Schoolteacher, they decided to leave. the plan was to do so in waves, with Sethe's children escaping first.
"The plan was a good one," (Morrison, pg.233)

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