Water+or+Ice+Imagery

= Record Images of Water or Ice in //Beloved// Here. Please include the quote and the page/section number. =
 * "A fully dressed woman walked out of the water." (Section 1.5, p. 60) The water imagery in this instance represents rebirth of the child Sethe killed many years ago.
 * "All three were inside -- Paul D and Denver standing before the stranger, watching her drink cup after cup of water." (Section 1.5, pg 61 hardcover) This scene is the continuation of Beloved's rebirth, water symbolizing the rebirth.
 * "Four days she slept, waking and sitting up only for water." (Section 1.5, p.63 hardcover) This shows that even though Beloved is a ghost and doesn't need water to survive, that is all she wants. So it kind of shows that she wants that thing (water) that will keep her alive.
 * "Rainwater held on to pine needles for dear life and Beloved could not take her eyes off Sethe" (sec. 1.6, pg. 57) Beloved is clinging to Sethe and her attention the way the rainwater is clinging to the pine needles.
 * "They danced then. Round and round the tiny room and it may have been dizziness, or feeling light and icy at once, that made Denver laugh so hard." (section 1.8 pg.87 hardcover) in this instance icy is a happy feeling, In this section joy is always described in conjunction with ice.


 * "As soon as Sethe got close to the river her own water broke loose to join it." (Section 1.8, p.98 hardcover) This scene is when Sethe and Amy Denver are going to cross the river and Sethe's water breaks. Water symbolizing rebirth of Sethe's baby.


 * Hardcover, section 1.8, pg. 90: "I guess the hands made her think she could do it: get us both across the river. But the mouth was what kept her from being scared." Here, Denver is referring to Sethe's actual mouth, but this quote could in fact be taken as the mouth of the river is what gives her strength.
 * "She walked a ways downriver and then stood gazing at the glimmering water." hardcover, section 1.9, pg. 106 This water could symbolize a new beginning for Sethe.
 * Sethe is then helped by Stamp Paid and Ella to cross the river. The crossing of the river can symbolize Sethe's crossover into freedom and a new life.
 * "Standing close to it's edge she watched her reflection there. When Denver's face joined hers, they stared at each other in the water." (hardcover) 1.9 pg 119. When Beloved and Denver's faces are side by side in the reflection, it shows whether Beloved was the one that choked Sethe or not, they're still together.
 * "As though the further south they led him the more his blood, frozen like an ice pond for twenty years, began thawing, breaking into pieces that, once melted, had not choice but to swirl and eddy." hardcover, section 1.10, p. 126 The imagery of the ice in a pond could symbolize death, as people who fall into icy ponds often die.
 * Section 1.10, pg. 132 Rain/water imagery towards the end of 1.10 presents new hope for making it to the North.
 * "All he could think of was tracking dogs, although Hi Man said the rain they left in gave that no chance of success."
 * "The flood rains of a month ago had turned everything to steam and blossoms.
 * On pg. 129 (hardcover) section 2.0 "It rained." is repeated multiple times on that page. This could have been done to express the fact that that was all there was for Paul D to think about while in his box. And to express the vast quantity of rain that was coming down. This is in addition to the obvious fact that water is symbolic of rebirth which they found in their escape to freedom. A new life did occur for them after the rainfall.
 * On pg. 142 (hardcover) Section 2.2 Beloved was thirsty on arrival to this "family." Here she states again that she is thirsty. This possibly could represent the same things it did before--the need for the life supplement, rebirth, etc. "Twirling, her face framed by the neckband her waist in the apron strings' embrace, she says she is thirsty."