Dearly Beloved.

Beloved is one of the more confusing novels I've read. I can understand how it's won the Pulitzer Prize, which is only given to American authors. It's so complex that the people should feel pride if they completely understand it after reading it once. One of the biggest mysteries that I discovered was that it's also a supernatural fiction novel. Yes, I'm sure we discussed this in class at some point, but I don't remember recall that, and so, it took me a decent amount of thinking to realize that this is also a mildly supernatural novel. I even wrote a reading journal about how Sethe should have discovered that Beloved is clearly an illusion. There's no way she's real, because she's supposed to be dead! And now...almost 24 hours later, I realize that I'm totally wrong. I feel sheepish.













But really, I'm not sure how I feel about Beloved. It might be that it's so confusing, that it's confused me on how I feel about it.