Whil e readin g Belove d, one signifi can t th ing that I n otic ed was the sy mbol of milk. Breast-feeding is o ne of the most sacred acts still done toda y, whi ch represents motherly love and unconditional support. For years, milk has been the symbol for nurturing and sustenance between mother and child, something that the protagonist, Sethe has a complicated relationship with. Sethe is a slave and works on t he plantation Sweet Home. Since her mother was always working in the fields, Sethe would have to go without milk most times on account of the wh ite children getting nursed first. In one of the latest chapters I read, Sethe needed to get milk t o her baby, because “no one else can give it to her but me.” This shows how as a slave, this was one of the only ways Sethe could connect with her family, since nearly everything was stripped and stolen from her. Sethe does not want her children to go through the same thing, so she tries her best to always have enough m...
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