Sunday, March 30, 2008
...And Children Too!!
In all of my other examples Black children have never been referenced to having a struggle as well. Well, in this novel the children also struggle. This shows that it is not only Black adults that have to deal with the harsh and cruel past of their ancestors but also the children whose innocence isnt enough to protect them from the struggle of being Black.
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Sethe's sons struggle with the constant reminding of the death of their eldest sister, whose ghost wanders around the house. They have to deal with this so much that it forces them to run away, which imposes yet another hardship on their mother, who has to worry about their safety and well-being constantly.
Denver, who is Sethe's living daughter, also has a constant struggle of the returning of the ghost of her sister. She also deals with the hardship of having no friends. She is a very lonely child, in fact her only friend she says is the ghost that everyone else is afraid of.
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