Though the topic of ‘truth’ is a fairly broad one, I find it difficult to discuss this theme in Toni Morrison’s Beloved. In a novel that candidly discusses the atrocities committed in the 1800’s lacks instances where something other than sincere accounts of situations are presented. This absence of deception is significant in and of itself as it reflects the extent to which Morrison can carry this story without embellishment. Morrison’s novel broaches the difficult reality of the inescapable nature of our pasts as the novel depicts characters such as Baby Suggs and Sethe as liberated without truly being free, going as far as manifesting Sethe’s past decisions in the form of a ghost. This ultimately physical representation of Sethe’s decisions solidifies a ball and chain motif shouldered by numerous characters. In summation, Beloved’s physical manifestation to Sethe is a beautiful demonstration of just how hard we endeavor to run from the past, only to unavoidably meet it head on with atonement.
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