Two settings in Beloved stand out as most significant: 124 and Sweet Home. Morrison uses these settings, both their similarities and differences, for a variety of reasons. Briefly describe each one, discuss the similarities and differences, and analyze how they enhance the meaning of the novel.
Overall, I found the settings of both 124 and Sweet Home very interesting. To begin, I feel like Morrison ironically called the slave plantation "Sweet Home". When you first hear the name sweet home, you think of a place of safety, warmth, and comfort. However, it is just the opposite of this. It is the place of abuse and suffering for many slaves, including the main character Sethe. This is where terrible things happened such as rape and beating, which would later shape Sethe's character and the person she would become.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, the house 124 has a purposeful name. It is named after the first two sons of Sethe as well as the fourth child, Denver. However, the 3 is not included in the house name because the third child, was killed. It also is an ironic setting. It is supposed to be Sethe's home- a place of comfort and security. Yet, it a place of hauntings and dark memories. It lacks the qualities a home should and carries an eerie reputation.
The two settings are both places of torture and death. Sweet Home is the plantation where many slaves endured suffering. 124 is a place where Baby Suggs died and also where the ghost baby haunts. Both settings are a reminder to Sethe of the struggle of being a slave and having to make the decision to kill her baby.
The two places are different in the aspect that Sweet Home is a setting of the past while 124 still remains a part of the character's life in the present.
Overall, both settings are able to convey to readers the struggles and abuse that slaves endured and that the horrific memories they experienced followed them. The experiences that the main character has faced shape the person Sethe is in the novel.
The setting in "Beloved" by Toni Morrison is unique in its own way. To be honest it took me a while to understand the symbolism of 124 and it wasn't till further in my reading that I understood that 124 stood for all of Sethe's children. 124 symbolizes Sethe's first two sons and her last born Denver. However Morrison doesn't include the number 3 for a reason because it symbolizes her daughter Beloved that is supposedly dead. In addition, the setting of Sweet Home has its own connotation to the reader because when I think of something sweet I see warmth, happiness, hot chocolate, not a plantation farm. But even though Sweet Home was better than most plantation farms at that time, being held over your own will is horrible and causes one to have resentment. Toni Morrison conveys this message through Sweet Home and also through 124 because throughout Sethe's life, she has endured so much pain and suffering through her life but pertains this persona of a strong independent woman, who gets back up when life pushes her down.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the comments made by Sarah and Madi. The naming of both of Sethe's homes were made ironically. The meaning of naming the house 124 didn't actually click with me until I was watching TV and the Ferdinand trailer with the three hedgehogs and they said, "We do not speak of Tres".Much like the home's inhabitants nobody mentions Beloved until she makes herself known in the flesh.It's like the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about, just like at Sweet Home, the Garners call their slaves men,while reducing their characters to animals. Neither of these places are made for Sethe to feel particularly safe or endeared to her home.Despite the fact that 124 is supposed to be Sethe's home, something that she worked for and should claim as her own, much like Sweet Home, reflects on the theme of the novel that that the past will follow you,(Slavery)and that it takes more than escape to outrun the horrors of the past. The difference in the homes comes at the end of the novel, when the people of Cincinnati expel Beloved.At Sweet Home, there was no drastic action that could be taken that would relieve these people of their suffering, and therefore Sweet Home could never be changed. But when the people of Cincinnati rallied to save Sethe and get rid of Beloved, they were all fighting the same thing. That is how 124 changed and differentiated itself from Sweet Home.
ReplyDeleteSimilar to both of those posts above, 124 and Sweet Home are named for specific reasons and enhance the meaning of the novel. It took me a while to first truly understand 124. More obviously, 124 is not usually stated with a street name after it. Referring to the place as 124 gives it that ominous, mysterious connotation readers assume. However, more importantly 124 is a symbol of Beloved. Beloved was the third child and was killed. This is where 124 came from. They took out the 3 to represent Beloveds death. How I interpret this is that the 3 is gone from the street number but is found somewhere else; haunting the house. So, the three being lost from the number is a representation that Beloved is lurking elsewhere. The setting itself is not very homelike due to its creepiness and haunts, but it was all Sethe and her family had when escaping Sweet Home. It was almost a step up. Consequently, this setting of 124 being unapproachable and erie helps readers understand the density and capacity of Beloveds power to create such a fearful and solemn life to the family.
ReplyDeleteSweet Home is the other major setting, created out of irony. To meet, a place entitled Sweet Hime would almost feel like your grandmas house; warm with freshly baked cookies. To make this the title is of a slave plantation guides readers to the ironic assumption and that this place of torture, rape, and slavery is anything but Sweet. However, the word home used in the setting can mimic the idea that Sethe, Halle, Paul D, and others were forced to make this place their home. They had nothing to do but try their best to become a famil6 with one another. But was one nessesarily better than the other.
The settings of the novel are very important to the message Morrison is trying to send to the reader. The first setting is the home Sethe went to after escaping slavery. When I finally realized the meaning of 124, like the comments above, it helped me understand the importance of 124 to the meaning of the novel. The one and two represent Sethe’s first two sons while the 4 represents her fourth child, Denver. The missing three is representative of Sethe’s dead child, Beloved. The second setting is the slave plantation, "Sweet Home." The name of the slave plantation, “Sweet Home” is very ironic since it is a place full of torture and was clearly in no way "sweet." Both of these settings are similar since they both haunt Sethe in some way. While Sweet home reminds Sethe of the torture she went through as a slave, 124 reminds Sethe of the child she lost. The settings help Morrison create a dark tone.
ReplyDeleteMorrison specifically included these two settings in her novel because they are very imperative to the idea that she is trying to convey to her readers. First, 124 is very interesting in that it is a symbol of Beloved. This is because, just as stated above, Beloved was the third child of Sethe and this is where the name of 124 came from as the 3 is missing from the set of numbers. This indicates that Beloved is missing for her siblings, which is represented through her death. Additionally, both 124 and Sweet Home appear to be eerie and mysterious in a sense. Also, at Sweet Home, Sethe was trapped as she was enslaved and she finally breaks free of this and escapes. However, she makes it to 124 where I feel as though she is enslaved again, but this time it is by Beloved's reincarnation who is vengeful and seeks revenge on her. This common theme of Sethe's unending enslavement is carried through in both houses as both have a dark underlying presence. In contrast, Sweet Home reminds Sethe of torture and pain whereas 124 reminds her of her loss of Beloved.
ReplyDelete124 is the house number of Sethe and Denver, having a significant meaning to the book. Spiritually, the combination of numbers is a message from one’s angels that the angels are currently assisting them with keeping their thoughts light and positive. Ironically, in the novel the house 124 is haunted, with no signs of positive angels. Also, in Beloved these number represent Sethe’s children, missing number 3 because Sethe’s third child, Beloved, is not alive anymore, due to Sethe’s actions. Sweet Home is the plantation where Sethe and other slaves were kept. The name is very ironic because the words sweet and home are supposed to be seen as happy and warming but yet it is a name where horrible actions take place. 124 and Sweet Home are both scary places but not in the same way. 124 is haunted by spirits and ghosts whereas Sweet Home is where human beings are tortured and treated completely inhumane.
ReplyDeleteBoth Sweet Home and 124 are written about in a negative light throughout the novel. Of course Sweet Home being where they resided as slaves, we picture a cruel environment with harsh conditions and oppression from all the owners. Similarly, 124 is regarded as a haunted house, that appears gloomy from the street and everyone is quick to pass by. The similarities in meaning are simple, as Madi said, they are places of torture and death. A slave home is obviously filled with terrible treatment of field workers who could only dream of getting away, and 124 is the place where Beloved was killed and is haunted by her ghost. Both locations are picked, not to be places of happiness and comfort, but to show the struggle and cruelty that occurs throughout Sethe’s entire life.
ReplyDeleteSweet Home was the place in which Sethe was owned and went through a lot of the trauma of slavery. This directly reflects to the life she lives at 124, as all of the experiences she went through at Sweet Home effects the decisions Sethe makes at 124. Sethe is more alert to her surroundings and plans to never be owned by another person ever again. However, this really takes a turn because instead of being owned by a slave owner like at Sweet Home, Sethe is essentially owned by Beloved at the end of the novel when Beloved consumes Sethe in her entirety. Sethe is once again stripped away from her freedom and her life.
ReplyDeleteEssentially, Sweet Home and 124 are similar and different in their own ways. Both are similar because in both cases they pose threats to the characters that lived at each place. For example, Sweet Home is the location where slavery takes place. Sethe is treated with great oppression and brutality. Additionally, Sweet Home haunts her throughout the novel as she hopes that none of her children will experience such a terror. In a similar fashion, 124 is haunted by a ghost and Sethe becomes physically and emotionally weak due to Beloved's parasitic nature. Therefore, in both cases, Sethe is harmed albeit Sweet Home is far more deleterious than 124. At 124, she is at her own home and has freedoms.
ReplyDeleteSweet Home and 124 are two of the major settings in the novel "Beloved" and both can be compared and contrasted. One similarity would be the irony between the names. 124 is normally a number that signifies good or that happiness is coming. In reality, 124 was a haunted house that many people tried to avoid. Sweet Home also has an ironic name because there was nothing sweet about this place. Sweet Home was where the majority of Sethe's trauma happened and will forever haunt her. Both houses are symbolic of death and will always carry horrible memories for everyone.
ReplyDeleteSweet Home and 124 both have one important thing in common, Beloved. Beloved haunts 124, because Sethe killed beloved at Sweet Home. 124 however is an escape from Sweet Home, there are happy memories mad at 124 opposed to those made at Sweet Home, where Sethe was rapped, and often beaten. They enhance the meaning of the novel by being parallels of each other. in a way 124 is kind of like sweet home, although she is not a slave there, she is however under the control of a greater being, in this case its Beloveds ghost, who torments her. So scratch what I just said, in a way Sethe is a slave to her dead child.
ReplyDelete124 is the house that Sethe lives in with her daughter Denver during the main part of Beloved. However, no one else wants to be anywhere near 124 because it is seen as haunted. Then there is Sweet Home, the ironically named plantation at which Sethe was a slave. Both of these places were sights of horror for Sethe as she was raped at Sweet Home and then killed her daughter at 124. However, at Sweet Home Sethe was a naive and somewhat innocent, but by the time she arrived at 124, she had lost a great deal of her innocence and would only lose more. I think Sweet Home is important because it is representative of Sethe’s past, and what went on there is part of the reasoning as to why she killed Beloved. 124 is important because this house is the prison that Denver eventually escapes and the home that Sethe tries to make up for her sins in. I agree with Maddie D. that there is irony in how Sweet Home was almost more comfortable than Sethe’s actual home at 124.
ReplyDelete124 Bluestone Road is a prison, just like Sweet Home. Beloved haunts the place, driving the people in the neighborhood who fear the ghost away, and driving away Sethe’s own two sons. It is gloomy and dreary. Sweet Home, following the death of Mr. Garner, feels more like a prison than it ever had before to the slaves. Mr. Garner whips them for any misconduct, makes them feel like animals, and shows no mercy under any circumstance. Just like the slaves are stuck in the Sweet Home prison, Sethe and Denver are stuck in the prison that is 124 Bluestone Road. Although Sethe and Denver are free from slave life in Ohio, unlike at Sweet Home, both settings trap them. Sweet Home and 124 Bluestone Road are the links to the past and present, enhancing the meaning of the novel that the past affects the present.
ReplyDeleteRegarding Beth's first sentence, 124 is a prison because (italics) of the crime that Sethe committed in killing Beloved. Prior to that event, 124 was a welcoming home in the neighborhood as seen by all the neighbors gathering there for a feast at one point. In contrast, Sweet Home is a prison because Sethe is being enslaved without having committed any real crime. I think that Sethe's spirit was more free at Sweet Home as seen by her falling in love with Halle and the fairness in which she was treated by the Garners. 124 is a prison in which Sethe is confined by the walls she has built for herself.
DeleteMorrison purposefully includes both 124 Bluestone Road and Sweet Home in order to enhance the idea of slavery and imprisonment. 124 Bluestone Road is the home of Sethe and her daughter Denver as well as her deceased daughter, Beloved. Beloved haunts the home, making her presence known to both Sethe and Denver. This presence is a forever reminder to Sethe of the murder she had committed and just how restless her daughter, the victim, is over it. Not only does this take a toll on Sethe, but it does damage on Denver also. Like 124 Bluestone Road, Sethe was a slave to someone else at Sweet Home. It was there that she was kept a slave and met her husband, Halle. However, she was still anything but free. Status wise at Sweet Home, she was a slave; Mentally and soulfully on 124 Bluestone Rd., she was a slave to her deceased daughter.
ReplyDeleteMorrison’s use of 124 and Sweet Home are very ironic, like many others have said. Sweet Home is the farthest thing from sweet, and that is why it is ironic. It is a place of suffering , which sounds like the complete opposite of what it should be. It sounds like it is supposed to be a safe and caring place. All the slaves, Sethe included faced tremendous amounts of abuse in pain due to their slave owner. 124 has its purpose because it is named for Sethe’s children. Howard and Buglar are 1 and 2. Denver is her fourth child, making her 4. 3 is missing because the third child is Beloved. Since she is dead, she is not present. However, her presence is still felt in the house despite her not being represented in its number. Both settings bring about bad memories for Sethe. It brings meaning to the novel because they live on with the characters and will not be forgotten.
ReplyDeleteAs many other people have mentioned, the names 124 and Sweet Home are extremely ironic. For example, Sweet Home, a plantation in which slaves are kept and used, is the very opposite of Sweet, in fact it is a place where beating and rape are commonplace. The name misleads the reader to think of the plantation as a nice place to be, however when the events that went down there are described the reader realizes what it actually is. 124 is ironic because it is numbering her children in the order of their birth. 1 and 2 are the twin boys while 4 is Denver. Three is skipped because Sethe's third child, Beloved is killed by Sethe. Both of these places are meant to remind both Sethe and the reader of the the hardships of slavery. Sweet Home accomplishes this beacause it is the place where she endured her physical hardships and got her scars. On the other hand 124 does this by reminding her of the fact that shell never escape slavery and its effects as she killed her own daughter in order to be merciful and spare her from it.
ReplyDeleteSweet Home and 124 are similar in many ways. The main reason however is that at both settings, harm comes to the inhabitants. The prime example of this is Sethe, who spent time at both settings. At sweet home, Sethe was physically beaten and raped and sustained extreme psychological damage. At 124, Sethe was haunted by the ghost of the daughter she murdered and deteriorated in health because of it. Obviously Sweet Home was more of a hardship than 124 but the similarities are still there. Now this may be a stretch, but they could enhance the meaning if the novel by portraying how African Americans couldn't escape harm no matter where they went in this time period.
ReplyDeleteLike those above have mentioned, both 124 and Sweet Home have deeper meanings behind their names, greatly enhancing the overall meaning of Beloved. 124 is representative of Sethe’s children; Her first, second, and fourth children are alive, however her third was killed, hence the lack of 3 in the number. This meaning provides a daunting message, one of malice. It serves not solely as a house number like any reader would initially assume, but a meaning much deeper and darker than could be imagined. The lack of 3 is the lack of Beloved’s true presence, and sets the tone for the novel to be one that’s dismal and solemn. Sweet Home from the sounds of it paints a pleasant picture in your head. The adjective sweet is unmistakingly positive, and the word home rather than house provides a more pleasant meaning. However the name of the plantation is quite the opposite of its true setting, one of torture and pain. However, as slaves Sethe and the others had no choice but to call it home; it was all they had as shelter and for that reason it was their sweet home after all.
ReplyDeleteOne similarity between "Sweet Home" and 124 is the meaning and irony behind the two names. "Sweet Home", at first, sounds like a happy place; however, it is Sethe's plantation and where she was tortured, raped, and abused. The house number 124 also has meaning. The numbers represent Sethe's children, 1 and 2 are the sons, 4 is Denver, and 3 which was Beloved is missing since she was killed. Both places are also associated with a memories. "Sweet Home" is related to Sethe's gruesome memories while 124 is haunted by the memory of Beloved. The difference is that "Sweet Home" brought Sethe more physical pain while 124 is filled with the mental memories of Beloved, however brought still being pain to Sethe.
ReplyDeleteI think it is very ironic how the slave plantation is called “Sweet Home” because when you think of a name like that a comforting warm place may be the first thing to pop into your head. The truth behind this so called “Sweet Home” is a place where people suffer from slavery. The name is meant to hide the dark truth of what really goes on, which is what I think happens in reality. The dark truth is often hidden from society. The house of 124 represents Sethe’s children and is the place where Sethe is consistently reminded of her past through the haunting of Beloved. Both locations are places of torture and horror that remind Sethe of her past.
ReplyDeleteI have now realized the symbolism in the number 124 and how leaving out the 3 represents Beloved. I feel that this have a negative connotation that connects to Sweet Home. 124 goes through different titles but in the end is still a spiteful place due to the ghost of Beloved and the arrival of the girl. Sweet Home began as a “sweet home” where Mr. Gardner would treat them fairly but turned into the opposite. I believe that both places had switch in there styles that once began good but ended in a negative result. I feel that 124 is the place where Sethe tried to begin her life over only later to be haunted and ridiculed by her dead daughter. Sweet Home was a place where she felt she had a chance of freedom until the school teacher came and she began getting raped and beaten. The two locations symbolize Sethe’s life as whole as all of her memories endure the pain and suffering of her past. Both 124 and Sweet Home have aspects in Sethe’s life in the sense that she begins with good intentions but something always ends bad.
ReplyDeleteThe two contrasting settings in the novel play an important part on slavery and how it changes people. Sweet Home, ironically is the plantation that Sethe worked on. You would expect it to be sweet, warm, and comforting, and under the Garners she is respected, even though she is still a slave. Once School Teacher takes over, Sethe is beaten, mistreated, and raped, all for doing nothing. In comparison, 124, although not a slave plantation, it is still gloomy and dark, rejected by the rest of their town. The memories from Sweet Home affect the actions and decisions that Sethe makes at 124. Sweet Home never leaves her and she is haunted by it, and 124 is haunted by her past, which occurred due to what she experienced at Sweet Home.
ReplyDeleteThere are two dark settings in the novel that stand out as the most significant, 124 and Sweet Home. 124 is a house in the novel that has an ominous reputation and everyone is afraid to go to the house. The name of the house, 124, serves as a symbol of Beloved. Sethe had four kids. Her two boys were her first two children, Beloved was the third and Denver was the fourth. Sethe murdered her third child and three is not in the name of the household. The third child is no longer in the household however, Beloved is haunting it. Sethe ran to the house of 124 aster she escaped from Sweet Home. Sweet Home is a slave plantation in Kentucky. The name itself is ironic because slavery is far from sweet. It is actually a place full of torture and abuse. Both of these settings enslave Sethe in different ways. At Sweet Home, she is physically enslaved and is harshly treated. However when she escapes to 124, she is consumed by her reincarnated daughter who will do anything in her power to gain revenge on her mother since she murdered her. These setting further highlight the hardships Sethe has faced throughout her life.
ReplyDelete124 and Sweet home both have deeper meanings in their names that relate to the type of place they are. Sweet home is the plantation that Sethe was on for most of her life. The name sweet home most likely came from the kind nature of Mr and Mrs Garner, who owned Sethe and other slaves but were kind and generous to them in many ways, like letting Halle buy his mother so she didn't have to work anymore. Then, when schoolteacher came, sweet home became almost the polar opposite of what it had been before. Schoolteacher and his nephews were cruel, and they disagreed with the way Mr Garner conducted the plantation. Then, 124. The name 124 represents Sethe's four children, and the 3 is missing because Beloved is her third child and she's dead. 124 was a sanctuary and safe haven for all of Baby Suggs' family, and it was a place of healing for other members of the community. However, similar to sweet home, there was an event that changed it. In the case of 124, it was first the feast that the family had that others were envious of, the immediately after, it was Sethe killing Beloved. These settings both contributed to the novel in huge ways. Sweet home was where Sethe learned how life could be when she was free, and it showed her compassion. Then, it showed her pain and suffering that was so bad she decided she'd rather kill herself and her children for them all to not have to go through it. It is what ultimately motivated her to kill Beloved. Then, 124. The sanctuary after her long, hard journey from sweet home that turned into a prison that she only left to go to work. 124 became the place she couldn't leave that constantly reminded her of her lost child, Beloved. Beloved's spirit makes it impossible for Sethe to be free and impossible for her to leave the house for good.
ReplyDeleteThe settings that Morrison created for the novel are pivotal in the plot. Sethe is reminded of the tragic events that occurred both on Sweet Home and 124. Sweet Home is named rather ironically due to the events that occurred there. It was here where Sethe was a slave and she can never shake the “rememories” of abuse tied to the plantation. As previously stated, 124 represents the absence of Beloved in her past family. 124 was avoided and feared by those who passed it, and it is her where Sethe is haunted by the ghost of Beloved. Both these locations have negative ties and further Sethe's fear of the events that unfolded there.
ReplyDeleteLike I said in past blog posts, the meaning of 124 is Sethe's four children. Beloved would be 3 if she was alive. Beloved is the house, she controls it and haunts Sethe. 124 was once a place of joy and community but became dark and eery. Sweethome also had a positive side as well, its name implies warmth and welcoming, but it is just as haunting as 124. When run by the Garners, Sweethome actually wasn't that bad. Slaves were treated right and never abused like most plantations were. But after the death of the Garners, Sweethome represents schoolteacher and rape and scars, so opposite from warm and welcoming. Both 124 and Sweethome were once good, but they became places that haunted Sethe forever.
ReplyDelete124 is the first setting introduced at the very beginning of the book. It is lonely and unwelcoming, haunted by the ghost of Beloved, avoided by all the people who live nearby. It is described as gray and does not seem to be a particularly happy place. This contrasts with the way Sweet Home appears to be. Sweet Home is a large, beautiful farm whose name implies that it is warm and welcoming. However, Sweet Home is actually the setting that causes more pain to Sethe. It is where she lived and suffered as a slave, eventually succeeding to escape. 124, although it does not seem to be, was Sethe’s safe haven, a place where she could finally live freely. Morrison most likely uses the descriptions of these settings to contrast the outer appearance of the world with its true meaning in terms of slavery, which was often covered up by white people as something that wasn’t bad at all.
ReplyDeleteSweet Home is a safe haven for Sethe and her family. Her slave holders treated them like actual humans, they were taught to read and write. Surely this must be the best environment for an African American in this time period. Sethe had a sense of freedom here and she lost it when had to flee and ended up in 124. Room 124 was the opposite, Sethe had no freedom, she was beaten, and treated like an animal. Her slaveholders found her and she had to make a decision in which she chose to try to kill her children to keep them from the pain and abuse of those people. Here she lost her chance at happiness (Paul D.), here she is haunted by her pasted almost every second. Sethe's life is chaotic and sad in Room 124.
ReplyDeleteBoth locations are different in that one is more tolerant for the circumstances Sethe has found herself in (slavery) than the other. They are the same in that at the end of the day they both are the place she resides as a slave. No matter how nice her slaveholders were to her at Sweet Home, she was still in captivity. Slavery whether at Sweet Home where it wasn't as bad as it could have been or at 124 where it was heart breaking, is disgusting all together. Captivity for humans based off the color of skin is delusional.
Sethe’s residences were never warm and welcoming. As a slave, she worked on a plantation called “Sweet Home” but this place was anything but sweet. It was here that Sethe was abused, raped, and made the decision to kill her child. Regarding its misleading name, Sweet Home is not full of rainbows, happiness, and sunshine- it is more fitting to associate it with hurt, abuse, and death. When Sethe establishes 124 as her home, it shows irony because 124 is only ever described as being dark and spooky, never warm and inviting as a home should be. 124 is a combination of Sethe’s two sons and youngest daughter, with the number three being intentionally left out to signify that Sethe’s third daughter is not with her. Homes that remind the reader so much of Sethe’s children should bring happiness to our hearts, but instead, it reminds us of the damaged and weary relationship Sethe has with all three of her living children. 124 and Sweet Home are comparable because in both locations Sethe is physically and mentally abused and holds little power. At Sweet Home, Sethe was whipped and raped by her slave owners, leaving her physically and emotionally scarred, and at 124, Sethe was abused by the rememory of her deceased child when she is strangled, starved, and damaged. Both places serve as a reminder of the choices Sethe has made in life and the consequences she faces.
ReplyDeleteMorrison uses the settings of 124 and Sweet Home, both their similarities and differences to enhance the meaning of the novel. 124 is Sethe and Denver's home in Sethe's life post-slavery. The name of 124 symbolizes the absence of Sethe's 3rd child, Beloved. 124 is haunted by Beloved, so much so that it is a creepy, eerie place to live. Despite this, the house is all Sethe and Denver have, so they choose to stay. Sweet Home is the name of the plantation where Sethe lived as a slave. The name is ironic since the connotation that comes along with "sweet home" is supposed to be happy and warm, a good place, but it hell on earth for Sethe. It is a place of abuse, rape, and dehumanization. The irony is that Sethe was forced to live at Sweet Home, and despite knowing the possible consequences, she ran off to look for a better life. Sethe could leave 124 without any kind of threat of being tracked down, yet she feels chained to the house and refuses to leave, even though leaving the house would be a fresh start. This shows how her courage has been diminished overtime by the constant injustices of slavery. 124 and Sweet Home are both places that remind Sethe of her past. and they both haunt her in a way that stops her from living. While Sethe cannot change what happened at Sweet Home, she does have the opportunity to change the kind of life she lives at 124. By letting go of Beloved, Sethe can turn 124 in to a real home to live freely in, and keep Sweet Home as a memory that she learns to cope with.
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