1. Community in Beloved and As I Lay Dying
... from the white community" (Lawrence 1). While far from the normal community the slaves did their best to mimic one. An example of this was the marriage of Sethe and Halle. While the legitimacy of the marriage was invalid for slaves, and an uncommon practice "When he asked her to be his wife, Sethe happily agreed and then was stuck ... ...
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