BE THE WATER. The article speaks of Bruce Lee’s thoughts on water. He basically speaks about how powerful water is and its ability to adapt. You can see the relation to Beloved can’t you? In the novel water is a major symbol as it is an archetype for life, birth, serenity, etc. The novel has a couple scenes that portray these ideals, and one that wouldn’t be thought of about water. The scene of Sethe giving birth and the novel saying “her water broke,” In my eyes her water breaking during the process of birth strikes me as natural rather than something to note, but I have to think like an AP tester. A scene that I personally like and doesn’t have a hole is the scene in which Beloved reveals herself, when she rises from the creek to Sethe’s home. The scene where Sethe’s mother kills the babies in water is where water is portrayed in a new light, well at least to me. Usually water is seen as freeing but in this scene water is the death bringer or at least the assistant to death. The last notable scene that I read was Paul D’s escape from prison using RAIN and mud, he uses water and uses earth, and this in its own represents freedom from the water.
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