Sethe's Love

The love a mother has for her child is tangible in almost every setting. Sethe's actions show how slavery has destroyed her. Her actions in killing her baby, and attempting to kill her other children represent the depth to her love. Sethe would rather her children be killed rather than have to suffer going through slavery. As this may seem controversial as to whether or not she made the right decision, ultimately this can be argued as a better death for her kids. In the novel, Paul D starts off his thought process by thinking that Sethe is crazy but soon comes to the realization that maybe it wasn't so bad. As he begun to think about it, it seemed as if he began to agree with her decision. As well as trying to save her kids from a worse life, her being capable of killing her child shows an immense amount of strength as to the limits shes willing to reach for her children.