Abstract
Toni Morrison’s Beloved is the story of the sufferings of Afro-American’s slavery, trauma of being forced to leave their homelands, horrors of parting with their relatives and the resilience of the Black Community to restore peace and harmony among themselves. The present paper demonstrates the extent to which individuals need the support of their communities in order to survive and how the community as a whole rises resiliently to overcome the trauma and pacify the sufferings of individuals. Morrison in this novel, benevolently asserts the need of community, its solidarity and its interdependence in offering resistance and kindling the spirit of resilience for the individual redemption by knitting a diverse and fragmented narrative only to be exorcised for a better future.
Highlights
The novel traces the journey of Sethe and Paul D, who are born in slavery, but escape the clutches of slavery eventually through their determination and channels of aid and fostering by various people on their path to redemption
The paper categorically manifests how community, in the novel, functions in solidarity, the interdependence of fragmented characters who exist in duality with the community, how the narrative of the text operates on dual planes of literal significance and structural unison, and how naming culture in the text echoes the solidarity and camaraderie
Unlike the most slave narratives that predominantly trace the journey of a solitary male character, Beloved exhibits how Paul D needs the aid of other people to escape his bondage
Summary
The resilience of the human spirit transcends the text and triumphs through the powerful rendering of characters and solidarity of the community alike. In this novel, has expanded the horizons of a slave narrative by exploring the profound damages caused to the slaves and the promise of resilience and healing through the endurance and togetherness of Sethe, her loved ones and the community. Unlike the most slave narratives that predominantly trace the journey of a solitary male character, Beloved exhibits how Paul D needs the aid of other people to escape his bondage.
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