When I think about Beloved and try to relate it back to my life I think of how each character is unique. Sethe, Paul D, and many more slaves each have different experiences that they grew up with and these experiences created their personality and beliefs. I think of this and relate it back to my life where everyone has their own experiences in the past or growing up that gave them the personality they have today. We all were raised differently and experienced different things and this led us all to be unique in the way we act and think. One example is when I see all my friends here in Summit and how our culture is so unique and diverse.
Each student is different in their own way because they all come from different backgrounds. In the book we learn about Sethe’s experience in Sweet Home and all the horrible things she went through not only there, but on her travel as she escapes. All these things that she has faced has built her character to grow up as a strong independent woman who cares for no one but Denver. Another example is Paul D and all the things he went through at Sweet Home like seeing Sethe violated, Halle go crazy, and treated like an animal by having a muzzle put on him so that he can’t talk. All this has turned him into a man that bottled up his emotions and his heart in a tin can never to be opened again.
His character changes as he begins to settle down and fall in love with Sethe and he starts to open up the “tin can” and starts feeling emotions again that he has put away for so long. Our personalities all change as we grow up and add new experiences and new chapters to our lives.
I agree that the environment we live in shape our lives and who we are. All the characters in the book have different and unique backgrounds. I like your connections that you made with Summit and to the different characters. Good Job:)
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