During the time period this book is being set in we can clearly see that African American people are seen as only property. And this kept on happening even after the slaves were freed, afterwards they were seen as enemies. This book really portrays this, and according to the reading this is a book about a freed slaved that is a mother and has to enjoy her freedom however looses it by living in 124. And it also explains how the psychoanalytical lens plays into the book and how does it affect the characters of the book, such as Sethe. Sethe is the main character of the book and the one that is the most affected throughout the book by arrivals and decisions. The psychoanalytical is a lens that can be very confusing since it is defining and explaining what the characters are really thinking and, and why they think in certain ways. According to the reading the psychoanalytical point of view in the book, shows a lot of motherhood and mother like behaviors that occur throughout the book as well and we cans see them too. For example, when Sethe believes that Beloved is her reincarnated daughter since she hears her singing a song that Beloved use to sing to her kid s to go to sleep. Another great example, is when Beloved starts to act more like the mother of Sethe towards the end of the book since she begins to drain all of Sethe's energy.
The psychoanalytical lens has also helped me to realize many hidden desires of the characters, from Sethe's sexual desires, to what Beloved really wanted in 124. And I have also learned what is the thoughts of the characters and how do they become part of the puzzle that has been created by the events that have occurred in 124. Many of the events of this book are almost as though they were mere dreams, and we begin to see this towards the end however they are not it is just that the fact that the supernatural has mixed with Sethe's undesirable life has mixed up many of the people that are around Sethe. Monologues start to really show towards the end of the book, and those strongly relate to the psychoanalytical portion of this book since three specific characters are expressing how they feel about each other. Sethe being one of them, feels as though she must protect both Denver and Beloved since she considers both of them her children. On the hand, Denver wants to protect Beloved from Sethe since Denver knows what happened to her sister and does not want to loose Beloved. But Beloved wants to get really close to Sethe, since it would pretty much give Beloved her everything back and would be back to how she apparently was. All of these monologues demonstrate to use the character's true motivations and some desires that may not be the best to some people, however that didn't stop Beloved from doing what she wanted to achieve.
I like how in the beginning of the Blog you give us a little context about some of the history of this book. You show that you really understand your lens and also what you were reading. I like when you mention "this book are almost as though they were mere dreams" because everything that goes one just can't seem real, like a mother killer her child. Good Job!
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