Shaneau Richardson: Week 2

In the first three chapters of Beloved, Seth's past is haunting her present. Seth's past represents experiance. Seth recalls memories of her past everyday. One example of how her past effects the present is when Paul D comes to visit. Paul D has been sexually longing for Seth for thirty years. The memories he recalls of Seth and Halle at Sweet Home, is nothing like what he experienced. When Paul D and Seth are in bed, both of their mines are constantly on the memories they had of each other. Paul D's thirty years of longing was a burden to him. His memories were so strong that he created this anticipated fantasy that was met. This is a great example of how the past keeps intruding on the future.
The future represents Seth's innocene in my opinion. It's almost as if her life cycle has done the complete opposite. She constantly day dreams, and has isolated herself and her daughter from the outside world. Seth's imagination and recollection of the past obsessively everday, can be compared to a child's imagination. Also, Seth's isolation can be compared to a child who has not developed social skills with others.
When Denver asks Seth about the phantom dress comforting her, Seth responds that even though things are destroyed, they always have a prescence, not only in people's mines, but in the real world. The past seems to have a great effect on the charactars of the novel in these three chapters, and thus far, it seems to shape the charactar's thoughts of future events.