Loss And Renewal In Beloved, By Toni Morrison

In the novel Beloved, Toni Morrison focuses on the concept of loss and renewal in Paul D’s experience in Alfred Georgia. Paul D goes through a painful transition into the reality of slavery. In Sweet Home, Master Garner treated him like a real man. However, while in captivity in Georgia he was no longer a man, but a slave. Toni Morrison makes Paul D experience many losses such as, losing his pride and humanity. However, she does not let him suffer for long. She renews him with his survival. Morrison suggest that one goes through obstacles to get through them, not to bring them down. Morrison uses the elements of irony, symbolism, and imagery to deal with the concept of loss and renewal. Throughout the entire chapter, Morrison uses the rain as irony to depict the nature of loss and renewal through Paul ‘s experiences while in Alfred Georgia. At Sweet Home, Paul D

Specifically the events that happened during “breakfast.” Paul D’s experience with breakfast is not the typical eggs and grits, but it is the sexual arousal the guards received from the slaves. Morrison descriptively showed Paul D’s happenstance with breakfast. Paul D felt so uncomfortable during breakfast, causing him to vomit on the guard and skipping his turn. Eventually, Paul D was lucky enough to escape and receive real breakfast. Moreover, this is a key example that highlights the theme of loss and renewal. The concept of loss and renewal is well depictive in Paul D’s life in Alfred Georgia. Paul D goes through many losses in his transition into reality. However, he receives the ultimate reward, his survival. Paul D encountered many people and objects that could have killed him and the other 46 men. The irony is that the things that should have killed him helped him survive. Morrison’s use of irony, symbolism, and imagery all showed the journey of the 46