![]() Unknown to Sethe, schoolteacher roasts Sixo alive and hangs Paul A for trying to escape the plantation. The nephews retaliate by beating Sethe with cowhide until her back is split open with wounds. She reports the assault to the ailing Mrs. Schoolteacher discovers what she has done, and as Halle watches from the loft of a barn, schoolteacher takes notes as his nephews - the "two boys with mossy teeth" - suck the milk from Sethe's breasts. In August, fearful that her sons will be sold, a very pregnant Sethe packs her children Howard, Buglar, and Beloved in a wagon and sends them to safety with their grandmother in Cincinnati. Schoolteacher's cruelty drives the Sweet Home slave men - Paul D, Halle, Paul A, and Sixo - to plot their escape. After Garner dies, his wife turns control of the plantation over to her brother-in-law, the schoolteacher, who proves to be a brutal overseer. Within a year, Sethe selects Halle Suggs to be her mate and, by the time she is 18, bears him three children. ![]() Sethe, a 13-year-old child of unnamed slave parents, arrives at Sweet Home, an idyllic plantation in Kentucky operated by Garner, an unusually humane master, and his wife, Lillian. In no way, however, does it reflect the wonder of Morrison's novel. Following, we have constructed a basic outline of the action in the story. As a result, it is not an easy read if you haven't encountered William Faulkner, James Joyce, or Virginia Woolf. ![]() ![]() ![]() Beloved is not narrated chronologically it is composed of flashbacks, memories, and nightmares. ![]()
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