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Beloved Essay Brainstorm

I have no idea what to write my essay on, so this post is dedicated to that and getting points in class.

So one of the ideas I had about Beloved is that it might actual be "me" that is the dead ghost baby. What if the book is a metaphor or something for the effects of slavery in america? If it is, that's interesting, but still too broad a topic to write about. I wouldn't even know where to start with that one. Maybe I could use the end of the book where they talk about Beloved wandering around or whatever in the epilogue.

Another idea I had was talking about how even the most progressive people in this book were a little bit backwards. Like the slave owners, the Garners, that owned Sethe and Baby Suggs. Those people still owned people and that seems a rather questionable to me... Mainly because they were bragging about how progressive they were being with all the rights they allowed their slaves.

I don't have many ideas on what to write about, or perhaps the ideas I have are too broad. Perhaps the ideas I have are too narrow to write about.

Another option I have is throwing caution into the wind and writing an essay that goes against everything that Mr. Mitchell wants from us, an essay about Beloved, but not, an essay that would blow the entirety of Uni's minds. However, that isn't happening, because my writing isn't that interesting and Mr. Mitchell could just fail me. Plus aside from the printed copy that will be graded by Mr. Mitchell, the essay will likely rot for eternity on my hard drive.

Do you guys have any ideas yet? Let me know in the comments!

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