Finding Yourself After Slavery Thesis
Working Title
Finding Oneself After Being A Slave.
Subtitle
The Psychological Development Of African American Slaves After Slavery.
Thesis Statement
Slavery, which ended in the US in 1865, followed by the reconstruction left the slaves who had spent their lives conditioned to obey rather than think, suddenly abandoned to themselves facing "freedom" but above all crushed psychologically and emotionally. Toni Morrison in Beloved let us discover that loss of identity and how to find it through Sethe who is the symbol of the quest for oneself and whose infanticide have affected in a negative way people around her.
Writing Strategy
Firstly, I will show how slavery was the reason behind the loss of identity of ex-slaves. This will be accomplished,
particularly with the naming phenomena and the madness of silence that contributed to that loss of identity, but paradoxically helped Sethe and Paul D reconnect with themselves. Secondly, I will expand on how reclaiming the past in order to attain full freedom is achieved through analyzing dialogs between Sethe and Paul D initially then between Sethe and Beloved. In this part, I will moreover reveal the significance of Beloved in the process of deliverance and what she symbolizes.
To conclude, I will demonstrate the role of Denver in that tremendous work of morning the past. I will expand on the fact that since she did not live the hideous past of slavery, she was able to perceive the psychological danger of not breaking away from it and request the help needed. Above all, I will demonstrate how even today, black people are still impacted by the consequences of slavery and how they are still going through an identity and community crisis.
Finding Oneself After Being A Slave.
Subtitle
The Psychological Development Of African American Slaves After Slavery.
Thesis Statement
Slavery, which ended in the US in 1865, followed by the reconstruction left the slaves who had spent their lives conditioned to obey rather than think, suddenly abandoned to themselves facing "freedom" but above all crushed psychologically and emotionally. Toni Morrison in Beloved let us discover that loss of identity and how to find it through Sethe who is the symbol of the quest for oneself and whose infanticide have affected in a negative way people around her.
Writing Strategy
Firstly, I will show how slavery was the reason behind the loss of identity of ex-slaves. This will be accomplished,
particularly with the naming phenomena and the madness of silence that contributed to that loss of identity, but paradoxically helped Sethe and Paul D reconnect with themselves. Secondly, I will expand on how reclaiming the past in order to attain full freedom is achieved through analyzing dialogs between Sethe and Paul D initially then between Sethe and Beloved. In this part, I will moreover reveal the significance of Beloved in the process of deliverance and what she symbolizes.
To conclude, I will demonstrate the role of Denver in that tremendous work of morning the past. I will expand on the fact that since she did not live the hideous past of slavery, she was able to perceive the psychological danger of not breaking away from it and request the help needed. Above all, I will demonstrate how even today, black people are still impacted by the consequences of slavery and how they are still going through an identity and community crisis.