Close Reading #1

“Why was there nothing it reused? No misery, no regret, no hateful picture too rotten to accept? Like a greedy child it snatched up everything. Just once, could it say, No thank you? I just ate and can't hold another bite? I am full God damn it of two boys with mossy teeth, one sucking on my breast the other holding me down, their book-reading teacher watching and writing it up. I am still full of that, God damn it, I can't go back and add more. Add my husband to it, watching, above me in the loft--hiding close by--the one place he thought no one would look for him, looking down on what I couldn't look at at all. And not stopping them--looking and letting it happen. But my greedy brain says, Oh thanks, I'd love more--so I add more.”(83)

Rape has been around for many years and many women are scared to say who raped them or even say if they have been raped. In Beloved we find out the Sethe was raped by 2 white boys, and nothing was done to stop it. Her husband watching where he believed no one saw  him. A teacher who was watching everything happen in front of his nose just sat there and let it happen. Yes this did happen in the 1800’s and it did happen to a black women. Slaves where look as nothing but property. However when this happened they did not have no right to rape her and not just that but also take her breast milk. We do find out that early in the book black males would “fuck cows” since they were not able to get with Sethe (24). The  way this connects to my lens is that i am doing the Feminist Lens. And when looking on how there was 2 people doing the rape and 2 others watching and not doing anything. It makes us females look like men are able to do a lot. When in reality without females men would be nothing. They need us for them to feel like “men”. However when rape happens that is when they make women look fragile because we are shocked on what is happening that our scream are not loud enough to be heard. Since we are women people will not pay as much of attention especially during that time.