tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879974514873032754.post6222100429068959898..comments2023-04-17T02:28:03.570-07:00Comments on Leclaire's A.P. Literature and Awesomeness: 2014-2015: A.P. Lit Thinks about Vampires: February 4, 2015kleclairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942217584894176389noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879974514873032754.post-4890176697080284692015-02-04T08:31:59.316-08:002015-02-04T08:31:59.316-08:00-What happened that led to Stamp Paid’s freedom?
A...-What happened that led to Stamp Paid’s freedom?<br />About ½ through chapter 1- Stamp Paid was forced to give his wife to his master’s son. He figured this paid his debt to everybody and everything and decided to help others pay their debts.<br />-What proof did you find for Beloved being something other that Sethe’s murdered child?<br />Beloved is a vampire: pg 137, Beloved forces Paul D to go through tough things so that she can be with Sethe. Pg114 / pg119, Beloved goes for the neck, with cold icy fingers, similarly to common vampires.<br />-How does Beloved know all the things she does about Sethe if she isn’t the ghost?<br />Sethe ‘breaks water’ when Beloved first shows up- she goes behind the house and urinates. <br />Beloved could be considered a symbol for every slave because she knows similar songs to what Sethe knows from her days on the plantation.<br />-In the first chapter, why does Morrison choose to have them go ice skating?<br />The skates are a metaphor for who has the most control over the situation; Beloved has 2 skates, so she is in full control. Denver has 1, so she has some control, but she still relies on the others. Sethe has no skates, and she relies on the 2 girls almost completely <br />-What do you think about the repetition of “nobody saw them falling’ in that scene?<br />This is representative of how alone the women of 124 are. They only have each other to rely on when they fall because no one sees them.<br />Everyone has seen Sethe fail with her kids, and it’s really important that nobody sees her fail in this situation.<br />Wrap Up: pg 236 “She is my daughter” vs the next chapter “Beloved is my sister” vs “I am Beloved and she is mine”- what points of view are these from? Who is the ‘she’ from the last quote?<br />kleclairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03942217584894176389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879974514873032754.post-28364656361970637362015-02-04T08:31:30.531-08:002015-02-04T08:31:30.531-08:00Beloved Part 2 Chapter 1 Socratic Seminar
2/4/2015...Beloved Part 2 Chapter 1 Socratic Seminar<br />2/4/2015<br />-“124 is loud.” What do you think about the contrast between the beginning of this part vs. the first part?”<br />Beloved was a ghost at the beginning, but she is now a character/human, so she is able to make more noise and have more of an impact on the story.<br />-What does the jungle represent?<br />The jungle represents slavery- once people got out of it, they acted human, but while they were in it, they acted like animals<br />The repeating message that ‘you’re not human’ has caused their behavior to change, almost to the point that they are acting unhuman.<br />Sethe has behaved very animalistic/instinctive instead of human, and it is interesting that the animal side of them has been instilled in them so that is affects their whole lives.<br />-Stamp Paid was walking and found the ribbon/hair by the river. Why did Stamp Paid steal the ribbon? (pg 213)<br />The idea that lynching and beating up people is a common thing in this time, so finding the hair/scalp was not unusual; however, finding the ribbon was unusual and made him tired thinking about the state of things.<br />Stamp Paid is frustrated because he is never invited into 124. However, he feels bad because he is the cause of Paul D’s departure.<br />-Is it really Stamp Paid’s fault (from telling Paul D about Sethe) that Paul D decides to leave, or was he already on the way out?<br />It wasn’t the history that Paul D was bothered by- it was the conversation he had with Sethe about it.<br />-What was Stamp Paid’s motivation behind showing him the newspaper clipping?<br />Stamp Paid feels it is his obligation to tell Paul D.<br />Stamp Paid has always been the bridge between slavery and freedom, and this is him metaphorically connecting the two.<br />Paul D is the only one in the neighborhood who doesn’t know the history of Sethe, and Stamp Paid feels that he deserves to know.<br />kleclairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03942217584894176389noreply@blogger.com