Beloved Topics

1. Write on Paul D's manhood, particularly tracing his development.Write on Denver's significance, particularly tracing her development.
2. Follow a symbol in the book and try to make sense out of its significance--water, milk, long grass....
3. Work out the deeper meaning of one of the repeated phrases in the novel--"lay it all down", "hot thing", "love too thick"...
4. Interpret the meaning of the relationship between Sethe's family and the rest of the black community as it plays out in the novel.
5. Interpret what it means that Beloved gives birth to Sethe at the end of the novel?
6. Who is Beloved?

There were several more good ones that people are pursuing in class, feel free to write on a topic of your own, one of these or morph these into something that helps you write.