Post #4

Answer ONE of the following questions. Also, post any questions, frustrations, comments, etc.

1. What is the significance of the dogs waiting outside the restaurant in chapter 13?

2. "Unless carefree, motherlove was a killer" (155). Significance?

Post #3

Again, you are asking ALL the right questions.

Answer ONE of the two questions:

1. "Bit by bit, at 124 and in the Clearing, along with the others, she had claimed herself. Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another" (111-112). What does this quote have to do with Baby Suggs calling the children, men, and women into the clearing earlier in that chapter?

2. Why include the section about the "sick Cherokees"?

Also, include anything you find notable, frustrating, etc.

Week 2 Questions and Comments

Your responses were excellent last week. You are all asking the questions you SHOULD be asking. Those of you who helped out other readers: nice job on that.

Choose to comment on ONE of the two following questions. Also, include a comment, frustration, or interesting note from today's reading:

1. Why does Beloved appear NOW? Why not years before?

2. Why is Paul D so disturbed by Mister?

Don't forget to put your name on the comment.

Welcome.

You made it to the discussion. Submitting answers to posted questions and posting your own response to the text will allow us to do a couple of things:

• hear from those who are less prone to contributing to a verbal discussion, but who have valuable insights
• allow us to continue our class discussions beyond the bell
• help others in class further understand the novel
• give us a chance to ask our own questions

You are required to do TWO things right now:

1. Answer the question posted below.

2. Contribute one thing you find interesting, frustrating, confusing, etc.

If you DO NOT HAVE A GOOGLE ACCOUNT and DO NOT WANT ONE, then please WRITE YOUR NAME at the end of your comment before you post as "anonymous."

QUESTION: At this point in the novel, do you consider Sethe to be a good or evil character? Explain your reasoning.