Sethe's+Timeline

=Record the events of Sethe's life in chronological order here.=

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= =Past Time=


 * Sethe conceived/born on the Middle Passage
 * Sethe finds out who her mother is
 * Sweet Home: Mr. and Mrs. Garner
 * Sethe's mother is hung
 * Sethe and Halle get married
 * Mrs. Garner gives Sethe crystal earrings
 * Sethe, Halle, Sixo, and the Pauls attempt to escape by train
 * Sethe and the sweet home men are punished, but the children get away
 * Sethe is attacked by "the nephews" and School Teacher while Halle watches, helpless
 * Sethe escapes Sweet Home
 * Sethe meets Amy Denver
 * Sethe gives birth to Denver
 * Sethe meets Stamp Paid, who helps her across the river
 * Sethe meets a woman named Ella
 * Sethe meets Baby Suggs for the first time
 * Baby Suggs makes blackberry pies in celebration of Sethe's arrival.
 * Sethe is free for 28 days
 * Schoolteacher, one nephew, one slave catcher, a sheriff show up at the house. (page 148 paperback)
 * Sheriff dismissed schoolteacher because Sethe had to face jail instead of going back to slavery(page 150 paperback)
 * Sethe kills Beloved (baby) to save her from slavery
 * Sethe argues with Baby Suggs about nursing Denver right after she had killed Beloved (page 152 paperback)
 * Sethe went to jail with Denver(nursing)
 * This comes much later, Sethe attacks Edwin Bodwin trying to stab him with an ice pick when he tries to take Denver from her. This is when Beloved disappears and Paul D returns.

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Present Time=


 * 124 Bluestone Road
 * Paul D arrives
 * Paul D comforts Sethe
 * Goes to the carnival with Paul D and Denver.
 * Sethe finds Beloved outside her house
 * Sethe is choked on Baby Suggs' rock in the clearing
 * Paul D tells Sethe he wants to have a baby with her
 * Sethe and Paul D run home in the snow
 * Sethe takes Denver and Beloved ice-skating
 * Sethe realizes Beloved is her daughter and is hopeful that she has been forgiven.
 * Sethe loses her job
 * Sethe begins to struggle with Beloved, not leaving the house, and barely eating. She is leaving Denver to care for both of them. (3.1 pg. 239 paperback)
 * Sethe goes crazy and tries to kill Mr. Bowdoin