Post Four..let's talk Sethe.

       Alright, my first step in trying to get into this character's head, would have to be looking at her and knowing a decent amount about. Sooo....here is what I know about Sethe.
She is a mother who was wanted by several different men on the plantation and has endured some of the worst things imaginable. I have never been a slave, so I cannot say that I understand her hardships, and even though I realize she is a character in a story, my heart just hurts for all she has endured. She has been whipped and beaten so many times that there are seemingly endless amount of scars on her back, that are said to look like a tree. Now, in my mind, I think that that is a symbol of some sort. Trees produce leaves, correct? Well, in my mind maybe Sethe is the said "tree" and her children are the "leaves". Well, trees, I imagine, do their best to produce the best leaves, and some of them last longer than others because they're stronger and healthier, while some clearly do not last as long. Which makes me think, her first baby, would be a weaker leaf that goes first. Eventually though, all the leaves will be gone, which can be connected to the fact that every one of her children will someday be gone. Whether it's in leaving (no pun intended), or death. Everything dies, that's unavoidable, but we all go at different times just like all leaves go at different times. Maybe I'm over-thinking this, at 3am on a Wednesday. I just thought it was an interesting connection. Some other things I know about Sethe, is that she was desirable, strong, devoted to her chilren, someone who makes mistakes, she barely knew her mother, and she was terrified of the thought that her children had the possibility of enduring what she had to as a slave. So, out of an act of her love and protectiveness of them, she attempted to murder them. That is, until she murdered her first and then it was just too unbearable to do again. Sethe, also, unfortunately endured one of the worst things a person could experience in my opinion, which is rape. I think Sethe does consider herself higher up than the others, simply in the fact that take food from the restaurant she worked at rather than wait. She tends to not trust men, and I think a big part of that had to do with being raped. Sethe had believed that "nothing ever dies" even though, she tries to avoid it as much as possible. I do think that that will be a main component, or should be when writing about her/as her. That gives a lot of insight to her character. While for the most part, Sethe and I are complete opposites, I do think we have a few things in common and I think it'll be a unique challenge that will help me grow as both a person in an attempt to understand somebody different than myself, as a writer in exploring how to write better, and as an actor by learning more ways to get inside the head of a character.