“That’sallyouletyourselfremember,” Sethehadtoldher, butshewasdowntooneherself — onealive, thatis — theboyschasedoffbythedeadone, , , runningpractically, , hermindfixedongettingeverylastbitofsapoff — onhercarelessnessintakingashortcutacrossthefieldjusttosaveahalfmile, , thesightofhershoesandstockingsawryonthepathwhereshehadflungthem; orHereBoylappinginthepuddlenearherfeet, andsuddenlytherewasSweetHomerolling, rolling, rollingoutbeforehereyes, andalthoughtherewasnotaleafonthatfarmthatdidnotmakeherwanttoscream, , — , thesycamoresbeatoutthechildreneverytimeandshecouldnotforgivehermemoryforthat.
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Afterpublishingfournovels, ToniMorrisonhadalreadyestablishedherselfasoneofthemostpopularandsuccessful1) , Beloved, however, criticsworldwiderecognizedthatherewasanauthorwithadepthandbrilliancethatmadeherwork2).InthistalesetinReconstruction3) , Morrisonpaintsadarkandpowerfulportraitofthedehumanizingeffectsof4).Inspiredbyanactualhistoricalincident, Belovedtellsthestoryofawomanhauntedbythedaughtershe5) ratherthanhavereturnedtoslavery.Part6) story, partrealisticnarrative, thenovelexaminesthementalandphysical7) , Morrisonaddressesseveralofherenduringthemes: theimportanceof8) andcommunity, thequestforindividualandcultural9) , andtheverynatureof10).
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1) Belovedbeginsin1873inCincinnati, Ohio, whereSetheisaformerslave.( )
2) Sethehasbeenlivingwithhereighteen-year-olddaughterDenverandherbabygirlin124BluestoneRoad.( )
3) Sethe’smother-in-law, BabySuggs, livedwiththemuntilherdeatheightyearsearlier.( )
4) ShortlyafterBabySuggs’sdeath, Sethe’stwosons, HowardandBuglar, ranaway.( )
5) Beforeshedied, BabySuggssankintoadeepdepression, exhaustedbyalifeofslaveryandbythelossofalleightofherchildren.( )
6) Shespentherlastdaysrequesting “color” — bitsofdark-coloredobjectsshehopedwouldalleviatehersadness.( )
7) Sethebelieveshersonsfledbecauseofthemalevolentpresenceofanabusiveghostthathashauntedtheirhouseforyears.( )
8) Denver, however, likestheghost, whicheveryonebelievestobethespiritofherdeadfather.( )
9) Setheworkshardtorememberasmuchaspossibleaboutherpast, butthememoryofhersonsisfadingfast.( )
10) MostofherhappymemoriesinvolveSweetHome, aplantationinKentuckywhereshelivedasaslaveuntilherescapeeighteenyearsago.( )
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