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Belovedpacket questions

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This novel will require us to break down the mystery chapter by chapter and sometimes

line by line. The questions will help to solidify your reading and begin your analysis of

this Nobel Prize winning novel. Put the ournal responses in your ournal and label themclearly. !ou will need to label the chapters in your book since they are not labeled. There

are three parts to the novel. "abel part # chapter $%$& and restart at ch. $ for part ' and

again for part ( to assist in our discussions.

PA)T $

*hapter $

$. +hat spirit resides at $', -luestone )d /ind quotes to support a ghost presence.

'. +hat sad events does 0orrison open the novel with +hat mood is established

(. 1ow does 2ethe get the engraving for the tombstone +hat does this detail do to thelevel of 2ethe3s character

,. +hat is learned about 2weet 1ome from 2ethe and Paul 43s perspective

5. Tree symbolism6 note your speculations

*hapter '$. 1ow are 2ethe and -aby 2uggs3 e7periences with marriage and children different

'. +hat does -aby 2uggs mean by 8A man ain3t nothing but a man9-ut a son +ell:now that3s somebody;

(. +hy does 0orrison use the analogy of checkers

*hapter (

$. +hat are the details of 4enver3s birth

'. 1ow does 2ethe define rememory

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(. 8To 2ethe the future was a matter of keeping the past at bay.; +hat does she mean by

this comment 1ow can this be a truth for everyone

*hapter ,$. +hat does Paul 4 mean when he says: 8)isky9very risky /or a used%to%be%slave

woman to love anything that much was dangerous: especially if it was her children she

had settled on to love. The best thing: he knew: was to love ust a little bit< everything:ust a little bit: so when they broke its back: or shoved it in a croaker sack: well: maybe

you3d have a little love left over for the ne7t one;

'. +hat is symbolic with the shadow at the carnival

*hapter 5$. 1ow is water used in this chapter

'. 4escribe -eloved. +hy don3t they press -eloved about where she came from +hatis 0orrison3s larger point about family identity

(. #nterpret the last line ch. 5.

*hapter =$. +hat indicates that -eloved likes to hear 2ethe3s stories

'. +hat does 2ethe3s story about her mother reveal

(. 1ow is -eloved3s voice described

,. +hat is spooky about -eloved3s questions to 2ethe

>?@)NA" $ pg. minimumB 2ethe murdered one of her children and attempted to

murder the others< her mother threw away all her babies but one. @sing the te7t: e7plainhow a mother3s love can be this strong.

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*hapter C

$. +hy does Paul 4 want -eloved gone

'. +hat does 2ethe learn about 1alle from Paul 4

(. 1ow does Paul 4 defend 1alle3s lack of action

,. 2ymbolic e7ploration6 2elect one of the bullets to respond to.

#ron bit in slave3s mouth< +hat is it symbolic of +hat point does 0orrison want

from her readers

0ister: the rooster% your thoughts foil Paul 43s identity as a manB

Tobacco tin%your thoughts

*hapter &

$. +hat mysterious clues does -eloved reveal to 4enver about her background and whyshe is at $',

'. 1ow does Amy describe 2ethe3s "u3sB tree

(. +hat is significant about the birth of 4enver on the ?hio )iver

,. +hat is significant about her name

>?@)NA" $ pg. minimumB #n the pain and humiliation of his torture: Paul 4 focuses onthe rooster: 0ister: as the symbol of what was wrong in his life. *iting other e7amples

from the novel: e7plain how people often choose a symbol: rather than an actual event:

upon which to dwell in times of e7treme duress.

*hapter D

$. 2ummarize the overriding message of -aby 2ugg3s sermon.

'. +hat changes have occurred at $',

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(. )eread paragraph beginning 82ethe had had '& days9; +hat do we learn about the

black community +hat does 0orrison mean by the last sentence of the paragraph

,. +hat does 2ethe mean by 8Trust and rememory: yes: the way she believed it could bewhen he cradled her before the cooking stove9her story was bearable because it was his

as well%to tell: to refine and tell again;

5. +hat is the significance of 4enver not hearing +hat does she hear for the first time

Any thought as to the meaning

=. 4enver and -eloved argue about the choking of 2ethe. +hat do each claim as true

C. -aby 2uggs3 last words were 8There was no bad luck in this world but white people.;*onnect this to her sermon.

&. +hat stops 4enver from going to school

*hapter $

$. The tobacco tin of horrible memories Paul 4 e7periences in Alfred: Feorgia are

unfathomable. )ecord four ideas that affected you the most.

'. +hy does Paul 4 think: 8-y the time he got to $', nothing in this world would pry it

open; +hat does this tell us about him: his manhood: his view of the past etc.

*hapter $$$. At the end of chapter C: Paul 4 is embarrassed by his lack of a red heart like 0ister3s.

8And it would hurt her to know that there was no red heart bright as 0ister3s comb

beating in him.; +hen Paul 4 does have se7 with -eloved why does he keep saying:8)ed 1eart; +hat could be the multiple meanings

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*hapter $'

$. +hat rational or logical e7planation does 2ethe conclude about -eloved3s past

'. 1ow does 4enver view -eloved +hy does she want to keep -eloved close to her

*hapter $($. 2peculate on Paul 43s reasons for wanting to have a baby with 2ethe.

'. *ontrast 0r. Farner with 2choolteacher.

(. 1ow does 2ethe see the shadows and her family

*hapter $,$. +hat might be 0orrison3s intent of having -eloved feel like she is coming apart

*hapter $5

$. +hy do the blacks get angry with -aby 2uggs

'. -aby 2uggs has a mi7 of feelings about 2weet 1ome. +hat did she like +hat didn3t

she like

(. 1ow does 0orrison build suspense to the ne7t chapter

*hapter $=

$. The first paragraphs are told from what point of view +hy would 0orrison choose

this +hat effect does it have

'. +hat horrors does 2choolteacher find

(. 1ow did 2choolteacher chastise his nephew for beating 2ethe

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,. 2ethe3s eyes: after the murder: are described as 8nothing but slivers looking down at

his feet9the whites in them had disappeared and since they were as black as her skin:

she looked blind.; +hat is 0orrison trying to say

*hapter $C$. +hy does Paul 4 struggle to believe the newspaper photo is of 2ethe

'. )eread the paragraph beginning: 8Paul 4 slid the clipping9; +hat tone does

0orrison take here +hat phrases suggest the tone you have chosen

*hapter $&$. 1ow does 2ethe ustify her act

'. 1ow does Paul 4 respond to her actions

(. 83!ou got two feet 2ethe: not four:3 he said: and right then a forest sprang up betweenthem< trackless and quiet.; +hat is 0orrison3s point

>?@)NA" $ pg. minimumB *ompare -aby 2uggs3 treatment at the hands of her masters

in slavery with her treatment by her community as a free woman. 1ow do ourcommunities relate to our search for identity

PA)T $$*hapter $

$. 8Those '& happy days were followed by eighteen years of disapproval and a solitary

life.; 1ow does 0orrison establish black on black reection of 2ethe and -aby 2uggs inchapter $

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'. 0orrison counters the reection with a scene of 2ethe: 4enver: and -eloved ice

skating. 0orrison repeats the line6 8Nobody saw them falling.; +hat is the point of the

repetition and placement of this scene after establishing reection

(. +hat is significant about 2tamp Paid3s rememories of pain brought on by white folks

)eread paragraph beginning: 8And him. Eighteen seventy%four and9+hat a roaring.;

,. +hat is significant about 2ethe staying inside $', and sleeping in -aby 2uggs3 bed

5. )eread paragraph beginning: 82awyer shouted9; and the ne7t paragraph beginning

8?nce: long ago9; +hat is 0orrison3s tone *ite e7amples to prove your conclusions.

=. +hat indignities does 2ethe e7perience with 2choolteacher

C. 0orrison closes chapter $ with an analogy of a ungle. +hat is the effect on whites of

the ungle of slavery

*hapter '

$. +hat is the importance of the change in point of view for chapter '

'. +hat is the significance about 2ethe3s mother not nursing her

(. Any thoughts about the need for -aby 2uggs and 2ethe to 8ponder color;.

,. 2ethe seems to be addressing -eloved in the chapter. +hat does she want -eloved to

know

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*hapter (

$. +hy does 0orrison use 4enver3s voice +hat do we learn about 4enver3s fears andfeelings for 2ethe and -eloved

*hapter ,

$. Now we have -eloved3s point of view. +hat horrors has she e7perienced on the slaveship from Africa

'. +hat has led -eloved to select 2ethe as a mother figure

*hapter 5$. Again we have -eloved3s voice. 1ow is she confusing 2ethe with her real mother

+hat does this say about our human psychological need to construct reality

'. +e have a blues concert of three voices in this chapter. 2ethe: -eloved: and 4enver

each speak lines affirming the connection they all want. 1ow does this fusing together of

the three voices establish either character traits or a theme

*hapter =

$. 0orrison moves the point of view to Paul 4 but chooses to keep it third person limited.

Paul 4 wonders about family and being a man. #n essence: what is the importance ofidentity

'. +hat does Paul 4 learn about Price

(. +hat is symbolic about the rooster smiling

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*hapter C

$. +hat does 2tamp Paid reveal about -eloved3s possible background +hat clues can

you give to support 2tamp Paid3s suggestions

PA)T ###

*hapter $$. /ind two quotes that seem to suggest that -eloved is gaining power and 2ethe is losing

power. +hy is this e7change significant

'. 1ow are "ady >ones and others helping 2ethe and her family 1ow does this contrast

with the earlier treatment they received

(. 1ow does -eloved3s odd behavior mimic the earlier chapter she tells about being on

the slave ship

,. 1ow does Ella3s past fit with 2ethe3s past and current pain

5. +hat do the ( women believe about -eloved when they see her

=. 0orrison brings back the hummingbirds and other repeated images from earlier in the

novel. +hat are your thoughts

>?@)NA" $ pg. minimumB 4enver was supposedly slow in her thinking: yet it is she

who comes to the family3s aid when it is necessary. 1ow does 4enver demonstrate that

she is actually the strongest: not the weakest: member of the family

*hapter '

$. 0r. -owdin is a rememory for 2ethe of 2choolteacher. 1ow is 2ethe stopped andtherefore saved by 4enver and the other women

'. +hy is it important for 0orrison to have -eloved3s leaving as a mystery

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(. +hat does Paul 4 mean by 8!ou your best thing: 2ethe. !ou are;

*hapter (

$. +hy is there a focus on not remembering -eloved

>?@)NA" $ pg. minimumB 2ethe and -eloved seem to have changed position in thefamily. 1ow is it that 2ethe is now the beseecher: as -eloved once was: while -eloved is

powerful: as 2ethe was once

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