Sethe the mother or Sethe the Transformer? (Blog #3)

Throughout the fictional novel of Beloved by Toni Morrison, Sethe's motherly instincts have been brought to question of what has motherhood done to Sethe? And is Sethe overprotective of her children? After reading "Bigotry, Breast Milk, Bric-a-Brac, a Baby, and a Bit in "Beloved""  by the Penn State University Press, the author brought up many great points of how the power white men were given over slaves and African Americans during that time period brought ripples that reach out to future events which is essentially this day in age. Penn State interpreted many things in the text of Beloved that I didn't find myself and provides an interesting point of view of how racism and hegemony were themes that were present in the novel and in real life and Toni Morrison switched back and forth between real life and her novel when showing stereotypes of African Americans as a way of showing how these animal and barbaric actions that happened over 100 years ago still effect life today. The second point that I found that Penn State brought up was that Sethe was constantly being symbolized and compared to a a protective animal. She was "measured" for the schoolteacher's scientific purposes and had his nephews watch her instincts almost like how you would find the typical Australian hunter tracking and studying the habits and instincts of an animal it is planning on dissecting or hunting. These revelations have shed new light on how Sethe is viewed and her overall portrayal in the book. Sethe's natural motherly instincts are ones that raised questions of why is Sethe so set on protecting Denver, when she lost her youngest baby to murder, and her two sons ran away from her. When Sethe tells schoolteacher he can't perform tests and measurements on Denver in her motherly tone, it showed the true power Sethe had that was being oppressed until something very valuable was being presented. This brings me the conclusion that for some reason that is hard to find with any evidence that Sethe only had intentions on looking out for Denver as if Denver is the chosen child or the savior. I say this because why didn't Sethe use her protective net while her other children were struggling to stay with her?  The Penn State article presented claims that were very useful of how hegemony and social group dominance over other groups affected Sethe and African Americans as whole over time.