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April 05, 2007
"Lay it all down"??
At the beginning of page 101 (in the red covered book), it starts by saying: "It was time to lay it all down." This line seems to be almost a reoccuring theme. So much that I imagine that this line will appear again. On page 101, the line was thought by Sethe. However, my impression is that no character in "Beloved" will ever actually "lay it all down". This story is based around the fact that no characters give straight answers. Each has their own set of secrets that they do not share with the others. Throughout "Beloved", the strange twists in the story all seem to have something to do with one of the characters unrevealed secrets. Each of the conversations seem medial in importance. Each character is built by Morrison in a way that makes them laying "it all down" seem very unlikely. The book has built itself on the fact that there are so many characters with so many side-stories. If each character would "lay it all down", most likely, all issues would be resolved, and the book would be done. Thats why I find it very doubtful, that until the very end of the book, any character will lay anything down.
Posted by shankamp at April 5, 2007 10:03 AM