Not long after Sethe's reunion with Paul D. she describes her reaction to School Teacher's arrival: "Oh, no. ... This here Sethe talked about safety with a handsaw. ... 'I should have gone on back there? ... Maybe Baby Suggs could worry about it, live with the likelihood of it; Sethe refused- and refused still"(251). ... The black community played a major role in Beloved, especially with th...
Analysis After Ralph's tense, exciting stand against the hunters, the ending of Lord of the Flies is rife with irony. ... The officer says that he is unable to understand how upstanding British lads could have acted with such poor form. Ironically, though, this "civilized" officer is himself part of an adult world in which violence and war go hand in hand with civilization and social order. He reacts to the savage children with disgust, yet this disgust is tinged with hypocrisy. ... Much of the novel is allegorical, meaning that the characters and objects in the novel are infu...
