Beloved: The Degradation Of Slaves
Beginning of paper
“Two boys bled in the sawdust and dirt at the feet of a nigger
woman holding a blood-soaked child to her chest with one hand and an
infant by the heels in the other.” This gruesome image is a result of the
many degradations that black slaves face. The humiliation these slaves
suffer is often ....
Middle of paper
.... of the more obvious degradations the characters in Beloved face
is that of physical abuse. Morrison writes, “ That’s what they said it
looked like; a chokecherry tree.” In this instance, Sethe is describing
the tree-like shape of the scars on her back. Like many slaves, Sethe is
whipped, only so badly that the scars form this shape; forever branding on
her tender back the agony she suffers along with many others. In addition,
Paul D. states, “ I had a bit in my mouth.” ....
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Word count: 869
Page count: 4 (approximately 250 words per page)
