Peggy's Blog

Frankly speaking, I was shocked by the movie because there were a lot of bloody and violent scenes in the movie. I sympathized with Sethe profoundly because she led a tragic life. While being a slave in Sweet Home, she confronted sexual abuse and ill treatment. What’s more, she had no choice but to kill her children when she was found by the schoolteacher. She thought that she was trying to put her babies where they could be safe. Although it sounded cruel, I could understand why she was doing so. That’s because of her trauma in Sweet Home and the urgency to protect her children. That’s why she was so panic. She would rather see her children die than see them suffer from those sufferings. This showed that the life in Sweet Home was like nightmares. As for Denver, I thought she was a strong, independent and sensible girl. She didn’t run away with her brothers but stayed in the haunted house with her mother. In the latter part of the movie, she knew how to search for help while Sethe was seriously sick. She also knew how to take care of Beloved and get along with her since she believed that Beloved was a reincarnation of her sister. However, there were a few questions puzzling me after I saw the movie. First, why did Beloved force Paul D to have sex with her? And why did he scream painfully as if he were tortured. Second, why did Beloved disappear when a flock of people gathered in front of Sethe’s house? It really crept me out. Anyway, the movie showed us the misery aspects of slavery and the oppressions white men gave. What’s more important, it provided some issues for us to meditate on.