Responding and Reflecting: 2

Whenever I would describe the text Beloved, I would always have one adjective to describe the book, Heavy. The reason why I use this word over all others is that the reason being, there is so much that you can describe with the word heavy. Beloved is emotionally heavy, mentally heavy, spiritually heavy, and overall just a lot to take in, even if the part might seem some what mundane, but there is more than meets the eye in the book beloved. Beloved is overall fairly stuffed with many messages and meanings to be discovered by the reader, who might just either glance over one, or find a new meaning. The meaning or idea that I have taken away the most is the meaning of sticking together, Sethe, is essentially the heart of her family, every issue is tackled head on by her, but is never reluctant to receive help, especially from kind hearts like Amy Denver. This was the meaning that I had noticed form more and more over time as the text had progressed more and more, especially with the lens that I had.  Beloved is a book that can take anyone on an emotional journey, regardless of their ethnic background. From the moment the book starts until the book ends the reader can find themselves giving sympathy to many different characters in the book. This is why I chose the word heavy to describe beloved, the whole book takes the reader on a journey of all emotions, where there is a dark past behind many characters, all whom might be still trying to escape it.

I found that Beloved is a book that can have a way to change anyone's viewpoint, and can emotionally hook the reader at some point.What I have learned most about my lens is that the Marxist lens can be applied to any book, regardless if the book were written without any Marxist ideals. What I have seen is that there can always be more and more meanings that can be taken away from any text.