en she was a slave. Seeing Edward Bodwin standing in front of her house she flashed back to how the schoolteacher forced her to kill her own child and just went after Edward Bowin to kill him. Some characters like Ella has tried to completely forget the past. The past was something to leave behind. And if it didnt stay behind, well, you might have to stomp it out (256). Ella feels that the past being so terrible its not even worth remembering and is best to just forget about everything that had happened. The affects of slavery is so great that the characters in this story have a hard time moving on with their lives even after the end of slavery. Even though Denver did not live as a slave, the fact that Sethe her mom was slave, affected Denvers life greatly. The ghost of Beloved living in the house leads Denver to say, I cant live here. I dont know where to go or what to do, but I cant live here. Nobody speaks to us. Nobody comes by. Boys dont like me. Girls dont either (14). The events that occurred years ago during slavery still affects Denver who was not even born when her sister was killed. Furman Says But without friends, neighbors, a church, without involvement in the community, she has little potential of rehabilitating her life beyond a woodshed (Furman 266). Slavery has led Sethe and Denver to live a secluded life in which they do not associate with other people. The lingering effects of slavery have slowed down the growth of Denver as a strong black woman and have prevented Sethe from moving on from the past that haunts her.Through the novel Beloved, we can understand the physical and psychological effects that slavery had on people during that time. The harshness of slavery made people do things that they normally would not do and kept many from living the life that they would have wanted to live. We can also see that slavery not only affect those who were slaves but their children as well, as many had to grow up without paren...
