Not Lovin Beloved (Yet?)

Well, I'm trying to kill two birds with one stone here.  I am not very happy with my paper yet, so I'm wondering if maybe I need to reconsider my thesis.  Also, I wouldn't mind the EC early blogging.  Here is my current introduction to the question, "How does an identity struggle contribute to the meaning of a work of literature?"

"Often in a novel, at least one character undergoes an identity crisis.  In Toni Morrison’s Beloved, both Sethe and Paul D (among others) struggle to define themselves in a post-Civil-War American South.  Morrison uses Sethe and Paul D to show the impact slavery had as it stripped the identity of slaves.  They lost their gender schemas and even the very feeling of being human.  Until they reconcile their troubled pasts, they cannot move on to live a meaningful life."

I go on to talk about Sethe and Paul D losing their gender schemas (Sethe losing her milk...Paul D not feeling like a man...)  Later I consider their loss of human identity (Paul D less than the rooster named Mister...)

Any thoughts?  Feedback?  Other passages that might help me out here?  Come on, you know you wouldn't mind getting some blogging points either =)

Comments

[nat d]

I think that what you have is a great intro. Doesnt seem to me like you need any help.