The Love Of Love By John Sethe

Both “The Right of Love” by Gene Lees and “The Canonization” by John Donne represent a form of forbidden love due to ethnicity and religion where both parties are fighting for the acceptance of their relationship. Donne, although catholic, falls in love with a non-catholic woman which is looked down upon by others. In his poem he states, “we in us find th’ eagle and the dove”,the two birds represent two polar opposite symbols, the eagle represent strength and courage, while a dove represents love and peace. Although a relationship between catholics and non-catholics were forbidden, they found a common ground in their love for each other. Differences can strengthen the love between two individuals, which is also shown in “The Right of Love”,

In the book Sethe states, "When I put that headstone up I wanted to lay in there with you, put your head on my shoulder and keep you warm, and I would have if Buglar and Howard and Denver didn't need me, because my mind was homeless then." (241) I can't even begin to imagine the tremendous amount of pain she felt when murdering her first child. As the story goes on Sethe is blinded by love and grants Beloved's every desire. Beloved would consume every resource they had to the max and she wouldn't care if her mother or sister ate, "But the pain was unbearable when they ran low on food, and Denver watched her mother go without-pick-eating around the edges of the table and stove: the hominy that stuck on the bottom; the crusts and rinds and peelings of things." (285) Sethe was practically eating the little bit of leftovers Beloved left behind whole Denver starved. Denver has grown up to be an only child ever since Howard & Buglar ran away. So when she met Beloved she automatically got attached and poured all her love into her until she decided she had enough. One day she decided to get out of the house and seek for

The idea of universal love is one that is prevalent in the media. With the news filled with grim stories and horror many people are calling to the idea of loving everyone. Tensions are high concerning race relations, gender discrimination, and sexual orientation. Many in the general public are calling for humanity to embrace humanity. Many in the general public are asking “why we can’t just love one another”? Stephen T. Asma tackles this idea of love in his article published in the New York Times. Asma discusses two different ideas about universal love before offering his own take on the subject. Just as Asma states, universal love is a myth and closer personal relationships should be favored.

In this writing assignment I will be giving a detailed interpretation on Robert Nozick’s writing, “Love’s Bond”. First I will give an explanation on Nozick’s account of the nature of love. Secondly, I will explain why Robert Nozick believes that in love there is no desire to trade up to another partner. Lastly, I will also explain why he says that it is incoherent to ask what the value of love is to an individual person.

The short story “The Love Of My Life” by T.C. Boyle's examines two couples who are imagined to be inseparable and how no love comes closer to theirs. The story follows young high school couples who are in the merge of a bright future. They are always together “wearing each other like a pair socks”. They idolized the love they share is something far from real and it is true love. While Jeremy is set to attend Brown and on the other hand China were in Binghamton things took wrong turn. Over the summer before their going to college they mistakenly conceived a baby while they are at a camping trip. The story was pleasant and everything was green and China and Jeremy went to a trip together and had sex. The couples were so keen to avoid this from

Stamp Paid, a former slave who ferries Sethe and Denver across the Ohio River, tried to take Beloved’s corpse from the mother’s clinging hands and give Denver to her. A mother killing her own child is an act that subverts the natural order of the world. A mother is expected to create life, not destroy it, but with Sethe’s case, she was insane and out of control at that specific moment when she imagined that her child might face the same assault in future. Thus, she prefers to put an end to this situation. On the other hand, we notice that she was very anxious about the feeling of Beloved, her murdered child. She stated, “Do you forgive me? Will you stay? You safe here now”

Her other children have left. Sethe experiences separation from her children because she sacrifices her wellness to ensure that they have set off into the world. Sethe is also robbed of her breast milk, which is an essential part of her motherhood. Sethe is constantly reminded of her breast milk which as a mother is her natural life source for her baby. “All I knew was I had to get my milk to my baby girl...Nobody was going to get it to her fast enough, or take it away when she had enough and didn't know it. Nobody knew that she couldn't pass her air if you held her up on your shoulder, only if she was lying on my knees. Nobody knew that but me and nobody had her milk but me” (19). Sethe describes this horrific, barbaric event to her daugher Denver, “After I left you, those boys came in there and took my milk. That's what they came in there for. Held me down and took it “(19). Sethe is quite hung up on this memory because her breast milk was a representation of her motherhood that she believed the white folks can not take away from her. This life source is the one true aspect that belongs to her; however, when the white boys forcefully took it from her they stripped her of her worth not only as mother but also as a

Sethe is not simply attempting to kill her children just for the sake of doing it; she sees no other option for the betterment of their lives. Sethe is attempting to take the lives of her children out of pure love and the opportunity to not drag them through a life of suffering.

The third section of the novel opens with the line “124 was quiet” (Morrison 281). The house is quiet due to the fact that everyone Sethe has once known has been driven off by either Beloved or the baby spirit. Beloved is free to feed of off Sethe and drives Sethe and Denver apart. After Sethe sees the scar of where she cut Beloved’s throat, she begins to spend time only with her which leaves Denver to be alone by herself. Sethe is engulfed by Beloved and Beloved grows larger by feeding off of Sethe which causes Sethe’s physical state to deteriorate. Their relationship eventually reaches the point where “... Beloved was more important, meant more to her than her own life. That she would trade places any day. Give up her life, every minute and hour of it, to take back just one of Beloved’s tears” (Morrison 284). Beloved has become the only important thing in Sethe’s life and Sethe is willing to do anything for Beloved. Sethe even ignores Denver completely just to spend more time with Beloved. Beloved has taken complete control over Sethe and is unwilling to let her go. Beloved is representative of the past which is preventing Sethe from moving on with her life. The past has taken total control over Sethe’s life, but Sethe has accepted it and is not willing to fight against

The short story, “The Love Of My Life”, written by T.C. Boyle shows the type of young love that most teenagers go through while in high school. Attempting to live the best lives possible and ultimately failing in succeeding. Through the events, Boyle reveals the difference between real and idealized love and how that love can be destroyed. Although, the obvious point of the story is teen pregnancy, the underlying themes deal with falling in and out of love.

Sethe begins to nurture her children, only for her children to have a growing fear that Sethe would kill them one day, enacting her children to distance themselves. Due to Sethe mother’s abandonment, Sethe in fact has never been a “daughter” and the love she displays, Paul D. describes as “too thick” (193) causes resentment from her children. As Sethe undergoes mental and physical abuse from Beloved, causing her strong personality to wither away and becoming fully dependent on Beloved, Sethe gives herself to Beloved, “[a]nything she wanted she got” (283). This is a story not to be passed on for Sethe, she allowed herself to be swallowed up by her own inability to move past her dreadful memories at Sweet Home. The past, “Beloved” began to slowly creep on her, draining away the strong woman she once was. Sethe always tried to nurture her child, the way her mother never nurtured her. However, in the end when she becomes dependent on Beloved, she becomes old and weak. Yet, her positive development occurs when Paul D tells her that she, herself is the most important thing and finally then Sethe moves on.

Her healing actions toward Sethe, not only gives Sethe the physical strength to go on, but the restoration of self-worth and dignity.

death haunted her for the rest of her life. Anytime, a parent loses a child it's extremely painful. Sethe never planned or thought that she would have to murder one of her own. This causes Beloved to assertively ask Sethe how she could murder her daughter and leave her behind. Beloved denies Sethe’s reasoning and shoots back at Sethe by saying that her mother never came to her never said a word to her never smiled and worst of all never waved goodbye or even looked her way before running away from her (Morrison, 284).

Sethe is the main character and Beloved in threaded around her life as a slave in the past as well as her present life. According to Schapiro ,We know from the story Beloved that sethe attempted to kill her children but only succeed in murdering her infant daughter. Sethe's Idea is to prevent her children from experiencing the cruelties she experienced on the “ sweet home” plantation. Psychologically we may question her validity of her actions of murder and how slavery seem to have pushed her mentally into another place.

Finding the Love of Your Life was written by Neil Clark Warren, PH.D., and in this book he explains his ten basic principles of finding the right mate to spend your life with. He teaches people how to understand the two different types of love: passionate love and companionate love. He states that many do not get past the passionate love portion which is why many people go from relationship to relationship when the passion wears off.