Being a Slave

I think the most interesting part of Beloved, is Sethe. It's definitely unusual to see a black woman tell her truth about slavery. Sethe buries all of the pain and hurt she felt during slavery and now it's all being brought back up. I think the abuse of black women, especially during that time gets often overlooked; which is terrible considering they were constantly abused. I kind of wish that it was only told through Sethe and no one else. Sethe can explain the sexual abuse and the neglect, and that's what I'm interested in. Black women in general don't get their story told enough, and I think if this book focused only on her, I would enjoy it more.