To my heartwarming followers,
Memories bring back pictures and details from your past, sometimes ones that you want to remember, and some that you don't want to remember. Sethe used to think that bringing back these memories would be harmful towards herself, but now that Paul D is with her, she realizes that memories need to be remember, because they are an important part of making you who you are today. Sethe thought, "Paul D was adding something to her life- something she wanted to count on but was scared to. Now he added more: new pictures and old rememories that broke her heart," (112). Sethe comes to realize that Paul D has told her rememories about Halle, which allows her to more fully understand why he wasn't where he said he would be. It allows her to have some closure about the very difficult topic, and having Paul D and herself share stories could do just that- give closure. However, we also learned that bringing up past memories can be a painful experience as well. Sometimes there are topics that are too personal someone does not want to be reminded of them. Sethe, after being rubbed by Beloved, is reminded of the touch of the ghost's hands, "the suspicion that the girl's touch was also exactly like the baby's ghost dissipated," (116). Sethe is reminded of her baby's ghost, and how it was trying to strangle her. This was very painful for her to think about, because she must be wondering what she had done to force her baby's ghost to strangle her. Overall, memories are very important in life, because they allow you to look back on your experiences in life, and use those to make choices about how to act in the future.
