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April 16, 2007
The ending of Beloved
In the end of Beloved is Sethe giving up on her life? Does she really think that there is nothing left to live for, now that Beloved is gone again? Or has she finally realized what she did to her children was terrible and the guilt is now settling in? And I'm also confused by Paul D. Does he want to stay with Sethe? It seems as if he wants to be with Sethe because he tells her that they need 'some kind of tomorrow' and that she is the best thing. It looks as if Paul D has forgiven Sethe in the end of Beloved and is there to stay. He wants to help her get better. Another interesting part of the end of Beloved is Denver. She is much more mature in the end of the novel than she is in the beginning. She was the one who realizes what was going on first and she was the one who stopped her mother from committing another murder, and now she is taking care of her mother and has a job so that they can have food and survive. She is definitely 'grown' as Paul D says. It seems that there are many unanswered questions in the end of Beloved and no one ever really knows who exactly Beloved is or where she went or whether Sethe, Denver, and Paul D are going to be okay but there has been much healing and growing and changing that has happened.
Posted by erinwils at April 16, 2007 04:00 PM
Comments
Morrison's novel is pretty open-ended. If you notice, there are actually very few details that are told throughout the book, despite the fact that more than a year has passed from the beginning to end. She purposedly leaves it ambiguous so that the reader can try and decide what happened. For that reason, everyone's ending will likely be different.
Posted by: gdejongh at April 16, 2007 06:52 PM
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