https://padlet.com/2113083/nua2z5hxana Made with the best of intentions en-us 2019-12-09 19:57:54 UTC 2019-12-12 05:43:27 UTC hello@padlet.com 2113083 https://padlet.com/2113083/nua2z5hxana/wish/421947792 Paul D goes to check on Sethe when he learns from Denver that she is not alright. While talking to Sethe, he remembers how Sixo felt about his love, Thirty-Mile Woman, at Sweethome. She was not just a friend, but she also had the ability to “gather (him), man. The pieces (he) is, she gather them and give them back to (him) in all the right order” (Morrison 321). Paul D compares this to what he thinks Sethe does for him, gather his mixed up pieces and place them in the right order, similar to a puzzle. Although Paul D condemns what Sethe did to her children, he still cared enough about her to check up on her when he heard she was not doing well. This reveals his love for her, despite the fact that he disapproves of her actions and tried to not love Sethe by leaving 124. Sethe helps him ignore his dark past and gain back his masculinity in spite of the fact that he became afraid of her when he learned what she had done. Although Paul D attempts to not love Sethe by abandoning her at 124, it is clear that he does because of what she does for him, complete his puzzle and generate strong feelings within him. ]]> 2019-12-10 01:20:25 UTC https://padlet.com/2113083/nua2z5hxana/wish/421947792 2116711 https://padlet.com/2113083/nua2z5hxana/wish/423024300 Despite everything that Paul D has learned about Sethe’s troubles with her past as well as her recent outburst at 124, he continues to show a generous amount of concern for her. While speaking to Denver about her life now, Paul D turns the conversation to focus on Sethe and her well-being, inquiring, “‘Your mother all right?” (Morrison 314) followed by “‘You think I should stop by? Would she welcome it?’” (Morrison 314). Yet, only a page prior, we are presented with a flashback of Paul D and Stamp Paid’s conversation where Paul D ridicules Sethe, “‘Yeah. Damn. That woman is crazy. Crazy’” (Morrison 312) and “‘Every time a whiteman come to the door she got to kill somebody?’” (Morrison 313). With these words from Paul D being side-by-side, it becomes clear to the reader that despite how much Sethe may appear to be unstable or how much she makes Paul D want to run and back-off, he is unable to contain the sense of care and overall emotions that he feels when speaking of her, shown not only in the last bits of the book, but also in its entirety. At the end of this same chapter, Paul D decides that he wants to have a future with Sethe. This furthers the point that Paul D could not overpower his own true emotions because all this time he has tried to distance himself from her after realizing he was in love with her, and only at the end of the book does he finally come to terms with the fact that he wasn't sure why he had been running from Sethe and trying not to love her.]]> 2019-12-11 22:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/2113083/nua2z5hxana/wish/423024300 https://padlet.com/2113083/nua2z5hxana/wish/423085171 Maeve Moran
Kara Thommen
Julia Twarog
Marcin Kowalik]]> 2019-12-12 02:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/2113083/nua2z5hxana/wish/423085171 https://padlet.com/2113083/nua2z5hxana/wish/423100153 Paul D has a realization and begins to question why he ever left Sethe. He only, “Cares about how he left and why” as he realizes he has been preventing himself from loving her (Morrison 315). He returns to 124 and sees Beloved is gone. He then finds Sethe in the house and realizes she has lost hope due to Beloved leaving her. He decides to comfort her, remembering how Sixo described the Thirty-Mile Woman as being a friend to him who could gather his pieces and put him back together, and he tries to do the same for Sethe as he realizes it is what she did for him. He, “touches her face,” saying, “You your best thing, Sethe. You are” (Morrison 322). He sees that Sethe left him his manhood and cared for him, and he should do the same for her. He realizes that love should not have been avoided, and that Sethe also needs to learn to love, though she needs to learn to love herself. He helps to put her back together just as the Thirty-Mile Woman gathered Sixo’s pieces by telling her that she needs to love and forgive herself. Paul D has realized he shouldn’t have tried to stop loving Sethe in the past, and now decides that they, “need some kind of tomorrow” (Morrison 322).]]> 2019-12-12 03:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/2113083/nua2z5hxana/wish/423100153 211548 https://padlet.com/2113083/nua2z5hxana/wish/423111222 The message that Paul D. tries to convey to Sethe once he returns, is one of self love and care. Throughout the novel, Sethe can be seen trying to find forgiveness for what she had done to her children. She continued to find that forgiveness after Beloved had returned, but still sought after it once she left. When Paul D. had returned, he tried to show her that she was missing was self love. In the novel, Morrison writes “You your best thing, Sethe. You are” (Morrison 322). In this quote by Paul D. , it can be seen how he reassures Sethe that she is able to move on. In a way he implies that the past is permanent, but you can move on without forgiveness of your kids. In order to do this, Sethe must first come to terms with her actions, and finally learn to love herself. His intention is to get Sethe to love herself. While doing so, it also contradicts Ella’s viewpoint on love. She believes that it is not worth loving things in life. It can be seen that she thinks its a bad thing. The way that both beliefs by Paul D. and Ella are similar, are due to the fact that love helps a person. In Paul D.’s case, he is trying to use love in order to help Sethe move on. For Ella, she chooses not to love so that she is protected from the pain. In both instances love is being used to help the person. 

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