Week 2

In the first three chapters, the themes of the story are anger, loss, memory, and supernatural. The ghost use anger as a weapon to bend Sethe and Denver away from the house. Denver is angry after Paul D scared away the ghost because it was the only companion she had after losing her brothers and Baby Suggs. Loss of companionship is a large part of Denver's life, because life at 124 had became so lonely. Another theme is memory because that's all she have. Sethe explains to Denver that the power of memories and how they are immoral. Memories have an effect on the present because they change the way we look at the world. The power of some experiences can be strong. Some of the supernatural things in the story are the description of the baby ghost knocking a pot of chickpeas to the floor, shattering a mirror, putting handprints in a cake, and leaving a line of crumbled crackers near the door. The family do not keep the ghost a secret so the crazy things that happen in the story are not surprising because they know.