Tag Archives: Beloved

I was going to put some Faulkner in here because I suspect that that is why I’m disappointed in Morrison’s use of it.  It just doesn’t appear to further story, nor provide useful insight into the characters, even with this … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Hmmm.  The very next section is from the pov of Denver, Sethe’s daughter.  It tells us nothing new, not really.  It seems that Morrison is now indeed repeating the story, calling up things we’ve been told in the rolling out … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Morrison has played nicely with time, getting in backstory through the 3rd person multiple pov and flowing from related incidents seamlessly while jumping around in time.  However, I’ve come to a point in the story where I’m not really comfortable … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Tending towards following story and ever-mindful of writing style and use of language, I’ve learned as well to find metaphorical meanings and symbolism withing fiction.  Last night at our writers group meeting I’d asked a member what he was planning … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This is perhaps the easiest reading of the novels I’ve been through lately, and I believe that’s due to Toni Morrison’s writing style that I can totally appreciate as both reader and writer. It went on that way and might … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Sethe’s little girl, Beloved, had been sent ahead with her two boys to safety at Baby Sugg’s before she herself escapes the slavery of Sweet Home.  She is pregnant and safely delivers another little girl, Denver, before she reaches refuge, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Morrison’s narrative story, her use of language is both stark and colorful.  It seemed as though the reading flowed on language, causing me to stop and marvel, but driving me onward with story.  Something like this: How Sethe was walking … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Realized that I’ve reached page fifty and haven’t written anything about this Toni Morrison novel yet.  It is because I was into the story, the writing, the people so deeply that I didn’t want to stop without finding out more. … Continue reading → Continue reading →