post #6

Out of the beginning of part 2, the three chapters representing the three women’s stream of consciousness (chapters 20-22) definitely stood out in comparison to other previous chapters.  All three chapters use very broken and jumbled dialog to help depict the confusion and anxiety expressed in each character’s mental state.  The chapter/ steam of consciousness I took most interest in and would like to speak on is that of Sethe.  Throughout chapter 20, Sethe goes between two main viewpoints; The first is primarily based around her reinsuring herself that the decisions made in the barn were for the better and out of pure love, and that she has been rewarded with the reincarnation off her murdered daughter.  In doing so, she is able to appreciate life again, and joys over the opportunity to relive her life with beloved.  This positive outlook is challenged however, by the repeated comparison of her own decisions as a mother and that of her mother, whom she feels once abandoned her as a child.  She feels that her care and love for her children completely overpowers that of her mothers for her as a child, which presents many more contradictions in her previous decisions.  To conclude the chapter, Sethe talks of how she can sleep in peace now that she has beloved back.