"Beloved"

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A literary review of the contemporary novel "Beloved" by Toni Morrison. The book is filled with descriptions of how African-American people were treated before, during, and directly after the Civil War and the author focuses on the racist treatment of the newly freed slaves. The paper explains how the novel examines three generations of women--one who was born in Africa and brought to America as a slave, her daughter-in-law who suffered so terribly as a slave and her granddaughter who represents hope for future generations of African-American females.

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"The novel opens with an introduction to a house: "124 was spiteful. Full of a baby's venom." The house belongs to Sethe, an ex-slave who had run away from the place of her enslavement, "Sweet Home," 18 years ago. One of the primary themes of Beloved is the issue of race and effects of slavery. Much of the novel focuses on a community of ex-slaves and how they manage to get on track with their lives. The novel questions, through the eyes of schoolteacher, what the difference is between a man and an animal."

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