beloved-读书笔记

week 2 #beloved（90-180）

1.why does Baby Suggs insisted on calling herself Baby Suggs instead of Jenny Whitlow?

suggs is named after her husband and if she changed her name, her husband may not be able to find her.

2.In the flash back, we can see the white girl-Amy’s various deeds toward Sethe. What do you think are reasons that Sethe  named the new-born baby after Amy Denver? (except for the reason of helping Sethe with her  baby delivering)

Maybe a good wish that hope Denver could be as beautiful, brave and free as whitewoman. And in this novel, Denver represents the new generation of coloredwomen.

3.In the carnival,when Denver was surrounded by a crowed of people who pleased her enough to consider the possibility that Paul.D wasn't all that bad,why did Denver change her attitude towards Paul.D?

In this novel we can see that Denver is lonely and wants company, so when Paul D  showed enough friendless to her and spent all the money he got to buy sweets and other things for her, she was grateful and contented.

4.How did Denver change her attitude towards Paul D?

After the arrival of beloved, Denver felt that she got new company and liked Beloved a lot. So when she discovered Paul D was skeptical of Beloved’s identify, she wanted to protect Beloved, thus turned her back on him.

Notes:

1 bit 马嚼子

When Paul D witnessed the tragedy happened on Sethe, he cannot talk because he had a bit in his mouth. This is really horrible that people treat black people as animals, which echoed the truth that they fucked goats. They were mistreated for too long and they were unable to break their bondage physically and mentally.

2. When Denver first had quarrel with Paul D and asked when would he leave, Sethe apologiezed to Paul D, and Paul D asked her why she said sorry on behalf of Denver. Later, when Beloved showed her great devotion to Sethe, Sethe felt Beloved was too dependent on her and meanwhile feel happy since Sethe had great compassion and compunction toward her. This is really interesting to Chinese readers since I feel quite normal that most parents are too protective and enjoy the feelings of  connected to their children at any time. We are not advanced than colored people, and maybe we are still confined by our own limitations and self-contentment.