Slavery has been around for ages. The color of someone’s skin could determine their job, social status, and their entire life. The life of the minority has changed in the United States greatly. One who was oppressed now can choose and do freely. In Tony Morrison’s novel Beloved, whites hate against colored people causes the main character, Sethe to go through a struggle between the past. One very important figure in the novel …showed first 75 words of 635 total…

…showed last 75 words of 635 total…uniting each other’s support, they successfully banish the past from 124 so the future could hold its place in Sethe’s life. Ultimately I think that Morrison ends the tie at the end of the book because the white folks are tied to the entire book until the end where the conflict of the past is resolved. With the past resolved it makes way for a new life for Sethe and all of 124, the future.