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There many instances in the book to remind the reader of the non-human ways those slaves were treated. There is a passage in which a slave does not have any name other than the name that was written on the bill of sale when she was purchased. When finally asked what she calls herself her answer is chilling: "Nothing.... I don't call myself nothing" (142) (Malmgren, 1995).

The book belies the truth of human nature by providing what can happen when a dead child becomes non-human as well as when the institution of slavery becomes non-human. The use of a ghost provides Morrison with the vehicle to introduce racism and slavery as they are interspersed in society today.

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Toni Morrison provides a strong illumination of the current memories and pain embedded into American society with regard to racism and slavery.

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Just as the ghost in Beloved was there, without being tangible, the scars and memories of slavery are indeed intangible but real to all who live in America. The novel illustrates the impact that racism and slavery have on America today through the telling of how the ghost haunts and reminds Sethe of her past misdeeds.

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Harris, Trudier, Andrews, Willam (2001) Morrison, Toni. The Concise Oxford Companion to African-American Literature

Malmgren, Carl D (1995) Mixed genres and the logic of slavery in Toni Morrison's 'Beloved.' CRITIQUE: Studies in Contemporary Fiction

Kastor, Elizabeth (1987) Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' Country' the Writer & Her Haunting Tale of Slavery. The….....

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