... her neck had been severed. When a person dies, certain things happen to their bodies. For instance, they become very cold because the heart is no longer pumping blood through the body. All the blood stops, and settles therefore cooling off. Also, bodies become very dehydrated because there aren't any more fluids being ingested, that would describe why when Beloved arrives, and ... her throat could have healed. It is the scar from where Sethe cut her throat. There is a very strange scene when Sethe is at the clearing. Beloved comes over and starts kissing Sethe's neck. Eventually, Sethe ...

• Word Count: 1512
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... conviction in any measure of detachment from its content is a sterile procedure. The life that is in them, however spiritually or formally sustained, flows in a definitely conditioned body" (525). The "conditioned body" can be viewed as the spirit inside of the characters from the novel that already opened up and now they are slowly accepting their actions and memories ... she does not have any friends; however, by time Beloved switches her focus and spends as much time a possible with Sethe, she pushes Denver aside like she never existed. Beloved starts to have a negative impact on her...

• Word Count: 2475
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School