Beloved

Beloved can be a confusing story at some times because it keeps going into flashbacks and memories that the characters are having, but for the most part it is easy to understand. Beloved starts off at the house which sethe( main character) lives in with her 18 year old daughter Denver and we learn that there is a spirt in the house, which Is that of beloved.(sethes baby that died). Paul D stops by Sethes house and he meets her daughter Denver. The two of them chat about many things from the past. Paul D is one of the brothers that came from Sweet home. This was a kentucky slave house, which sethe also comes from. At one point the house starts shaking ( from the spirit of beloved). When paul d gets to close with sethe the spirt must not like that. He takes sethe up to bed and denver gets mad because its like he took her mom away. Perhaps he has some feelings for the mom. Sethe and Pauld D are very close with eachother in bed. This makes them think of salvery and they recall earlier times in their life. Sethe thinks about her marriage with halle ( pauld d’s brother) and how it all happened. As the stories goes on an important flashback is recalled. Denver while outside recalls the time she saw her mom kneeling in prayer besides a white dress. Denver loves hearing the story behind this and we get to hear the story that is going through denvers head but from her mothers voice. It’s the story about how she almost died when carrying denver but then found a white woman , Amy who helped her through pregnancy. Paul D wants to live with Sethe for now, and questions whether or not Denver will mind. Denver a few days later asks Paul in a rude way basically how long he is staying for. She gets scolded for this and Paul remains. He takes them to a carnival to try to ease the tension. During the carnival all that sethe can picture is the 3 of them In the shawdows holding hands. Maybe they can become a family after all? On the way back from the carnival they notice a young woman outside near sethes house. She seems sick, so they invite her to come in. The girls name is beloved which seems to be very werid, sense that’s the name of the dead child. Denver takes care of her. The young woman (beloved ) becomes very clingy towards sethe;she keeps asking her many random questions and likes to hear stories. Paul D belives that there is a werid glow to beloved and begins to question her. Beloved ends up choking on the dinner and is taken upstairs. The adults then begin to talk about halle and how he mistreated sethe by leavin her. Lastly, the story goes into another flashback of how sethe gave birth to denver and how amy helped her out.