https://padlet.com/jackson_d26/pcaq58mp520b en-us 2017-01-24 14:21:39 UTC 2026-02-06 06:50:26 UTC hello@padlet.com jackson_d26 https://padlet.com/jackson_d26/pcaq58mp520b/wish/149018393 Sethe is a African America woman trying to forget and also oddly reminisce in her painful past memories as a slave while living in a cursed household haunted by her own deceased daughter. Sethe is characterized as a rather ambiguous figure who struggles with coming to terms with the death of her daughter and coming face to face with the traumatic experiences that have come to form who she has become. ]]> 2017-01-24 14:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson_d26/pcaq58mp520b/wish/149018393 jackson_d26 https://padlet.com/jackson_d26/pcaq58mp520b/wish/149031295 1.) Sethe is an ex-slave who lives in Cincinnati, Ohio in a house that goes by the name of 124 Bluestone Road. Given that her daughter, Denver, is 18 years old, she must be at least 30 yrs and up in age when also considering she first had come to the slave plantation she knows as sweet home she was 13 years old at the time. 
3.) If one were to describe Sethe, it would be through her captivating eyes. Paul D Garner was the one who clearly saw that her eye's were of Iron. She had a "tree" on her back that from closer inspection were actually scars. 
5.) Denver liked the fact that Sethe felt like a Queen to her, until Paul D had showed up.Paul D was thrilled to see her because the memories but had all but lost his fondness of her after a few events. I feel that Denver felt this way about her because she had always portrayed herself as cold, and unyielding to opposition. I think that Paul D has these ambiguous feelings about Sethe because he is not familiar with her new, cold self, and continues to reminiscence in her older self, which in reality has far passed on. ]]> 2017-01-24 14:55:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson_d26/pcaq58mp520b/wish/149031295 jackson_d26 https://padlet.com/jackson_d26/pcaq58mp520b/wish/149204318 7.) In her past she is exploited by white men and were forced in situations because of the fact she was a woman. Presently, Sethe constantly experiences encounters with the rage of her "Beloved" and seems indifferent about it. She seems used to the damage and ruckus it causes and makes up excuses and reasons for its tamper tantrums. The fact that she has faced many tragic and traumatizing experiences has turned her heart cold and thus induces these "Iron-eyes" of hers. She is adamant about not running away form her home despite the sadness and despair it carries because of it's significance to her. 
9.) She has had a rather depressing relationship with her husband's mother and her enigmatic husband who is portrayed to be a blessing to her, he is however, missing. Her relationship with most of her children is fading because two left, one died, and the rather shaky connection with Denver continues to shift. She also has this strange connection with Paul D because they were both enslaved on the Sweet Home plantation. ]]> 2017-01-25 01:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson_d26/pcaq58mp520b/wish/149204318 torres_i7 https://padlet.com/jackson_d26/pcaq58mp520b/wish/149220565 2.) With much of the first chapter, Sethe's character follow her delving into remembrance of Home Sweet and everyone that once was apart of it. Even though she has earned her freedom, Sethe still feels repressed by never coming to terms with her past; thus explaining when Paul D caresses her a wave of grief shines over her the past she has held back. 
4.) Although Paul D was an old companion from Home Sweet, Sethe feels as though his presence to her was grave to her. Besides making her remember the past she endured, Paul also chased her only other friend she had at her home besides Denver.
Denver on the other hand, has been at her side since Sethe left. But being the only other companion Denver has is herself; she feels nonplussed to see how her daughter reacts when a new face comes to visit; not only does she feel like she doesn't know her daughter enough but she also feels downcast to not allow her child for more away from that house.]]> 2017-01-25 04:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson_d26/pcaq58mp520b/wish/149220565 torres_i7 https://padlet.com/jackson_d26/pcaq58mp520b/wish/149222628 6.) When Paul D arrives to Sethe's home, he explain that part of his reasoning to be there is for her. But in further reading it becomes more apparent that it was only that, that he came there for. Paul D has not seen Sethe in 18 years; he still clings to his old remembrance of her, and being in love with her. But after Paul has made love to her (as so I believe), he realizes that everything he remembers about her young tender body before, was  just an imagination he longed for;  little things that he notices now become ugly from what he remembers it as, even to the chokecherry tree on her back was merely just scarring tissue left behind from cuts.
8.) Sethe
Trapped
Grieving
Hallucinating
Empty
PTSD
fake 
unchained]]> 2017-01-25 05:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson_d26/pcaq58mp520b/wish/149222628 torres_i7 https://padlet.com/jackson_d26/pcaq58mp520b/wish/149224239  On page 7 (paperback), Morrison has a fascinating way to bring horror and beauty together as one; With her use of contrast to overshadow the ugly she puts in such as "the boys hanging", it can be overlooked as to how Sethe really interpreted her experience at Home Sweet. Continuing her though Morrison finishes with Sethe's memory of the boys hanging; not from any ordinary tree, but "from the most beautiful sycamores in the world." Although being the hell it was to Sethe, she still only looks toward the beauty in the worst situation, which in conclusion is why she hasn't been able to come to terms with her past; because shes stuck in a reality where only good things happen.]]> 2017-01-25 05:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson_d26/pcaq58mp520b/wish/149224239 jackson_d26 https://padlet.com/jackson_d26/pcaq58mp520b/wish/149315033 On page 10 (Hard cover) Sethe was constantly characterized by her eyes. For example Paul D described her as " Sethe was thirteen when she came to Sweet Home and already Iron-eyed"( Morrison pg 10). described as the "Iron-eyed girl" , but why? When one talks of someone who has an "Iron" characteristic usually lends itself to someone being mentally and/ or physically strong. In her case I believe it leans more towards mental strength but also includes physical because of the fact that she still remains intact despite her traumatic experiences at the Sweet Home plantation and being haunted by her "Beloved" while also being victim to physical violence via the "choke cherry tree" on her back. The use of "Iron" to describe her eyes truly gives her eyes a sort of hard and sturdy look because she has experienced so much in her life. it is rather a reflection of her strong will, and resistance to falling into deep depression and loneliness that has given her these "Iron-eyes". it also gives off a sense of coldness, and detachment because she has been expose to a lot of pain and suffering when she was young 


]]> 2017-01-25 14:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson_d26/pcaq58mp520b/wish/149315033 torres_i7 https://padlet.com/jackson_d26/pcaq58mp520b/wish/149317315 On page 25 (paperback), with the use of imagery Morrison utilizes, it helps to portray the chokecherry tree that Sethe has on her back. In the passage Paul D's realization that his love for her was in the past, everything that he found a passion for becomes ugly to his eyes. When he held Sethe's breasts before, he described them as "the most expensive part of himself", but after he comes to terms with himself in bed, that he disliked the shape of them very much. What also came into light was the tree on her back; as Sethe described it before as having a trunk, branches, and leaves. But as he sees the scars on her back, none of what she describes comes to be true. ]]> 2017-01-25 14:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jackson_d26/pcaq58mp520b/wish/149317315 jackson_d26 https://padlet.com/jackson_d26/pcaq58mp520b/wish/149329044

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