What is so Beloved?

In Beloved, Toni Morrison effectively uses her specific style of writing as a means to convey this fluidity between the past and the present. As the reader is introduced to the Sweet Home crew it is apparent that their past slave experiences have made communal memories. This dynamic is most apparent with the Sweet Home boys and Sethe as they all directly faced the same obstacles of slavery. This disconnect between Denver and Sethe creates a barrier between the two as Denver feels isolated. Denver's inability to understand the Sweet Home mentality is something that bothers her dearly, which is something Morrison emphasizes. However, the reader can directly experience the memories of each person in the Sweet Home group as their memories are communal and fluid between time periods. Morrison uses her unique writing style to effectively show how the present is dependent on the past. Even more so the reader experiences this truth as Beloved is introduced and it interacts with each character.