... ;is a process which requires access to painful memories; the characters in the novel reintegrate, achieve "the join" so desperately wished for in Beloved's soliloquy chapter, re-fuse, when they no longer refuse the deepest knowledge of the meanings of their individual and historical pasts" (Koolish 169). The first and most ... that has been haunting her for years, she lets the past go. When Paul D tells Sethe that "me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow" makes it clear that they both do not stay in the past and they are able to ... their own memorie...

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

... somehow sacred. She was different from us now- grown-up-like" (32). This quote shows society's point of view, but by placing this in the chapter of autumn, Morrison rejects society's status quo that the start of menstruation is the start of womanhood. Instead she compares childhood to the colorful dancing leaves ... undone, the muddy shoes with the wad of gum peeping out from between the cheap soles..." (91-92). Through the season of winter, Morrison argues how Geraldine's perfectness is an illusion of reality. Before meeting Geraldine, Pecola had walked through the house and was fascin...

• Word Count: 1519
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School