Beloved ~ Chapter 9

In this chapter of  Beloved  Sethe confronts her memories of Baby Suggs, and returns to the Clearing. After dealing with the picture of Halle with butter smeared all over his face she needs "some fixing ceremony" (101). Sethe tries to put the pain of the past behind her by remembering what she misses. She thinks about Baby Sugss voice, her heart, and her touch. Sethe remembers " the thouch of those fingers, that she know better han her own" (115). Where as Sethe tries to keep herself gaurded, in her secrets and self she thinks about opening up to Baby Suggs. This is beacuse she trused Baby Suggs with her and her children. She imagines the calming touch of fingers because she has no one to comfort her after Paul D tells her about Halle. Sethe's role as the protector leads her to remember the feeling of being comforted an protected by Baby Suggs.