Baby-Ghost Woman
Beloved, written in 1987 by Toni Morrison, describes the life and trauma of former slaves and their experiences with rememory. Rememory, a new concept introduced in Beloved, can be identified as a sudden remembrance of a forgotten or purposefully suppressed memory. One character in the book who openly discusses the idea of rememory is Sethe. Sethe is one of the main protagonists of Beloved, and she can only be identified as one of the strongest characters in all of American literature. She not only fights and advocates for herself independently, but also emphasizes the importance of family and will do anything and everything for her family, blood-related or not. Sethe and Denver discuss rememory in the novel, saying, “Denver: ‘If it's still there, waiting, that must mean that nothing ever dies.’ Sethe: ‘Nothing ever does.’” This interaction between Sethe and Denver is unsettling and extremely eerie, especially now (after reading the rest of
