Jealousy is everywhere, it haunts us and sometimes even controls our actions. Jealousy comes from not receiving enough attention or desiring the attention of someone else. Its a strange feeling that everyone has experienced in their lives In the book we see jealousy play out as Beloved asked Denver to drive away Paul D because she doesn't like him. In reality Beloved is jealous of Paul D and all the attention he receives from Sethe. Beloved desires that attention from Sethe because she feels like she loves her more and deserves her more. She craves this attention because she never got in through the 18 years she was left alone and motherless. She is trying to make up for lost time. This is the reason why she can't stand him. Beloved wants him out of the picture, as she can possibly plan for something sinister in the future. For a while Beloved gets what she wants, Pauly D leaves once he finds out that Sethe had killed her baby, words that Paul D couldn't believe and comprehend. Beloved won Sethe, but not for too long
In addition ,beloved is not the only character that shows jealousy, Denver also somehow wanders into that category. As beloved becomes closer with Sethe, she is also becoming closer to Denver. Something Denver loves. She sees Beloved as a sister she never wants to lose. So far that, "she keeps beloved by her side," (142) from the moment Sethe leaves to work and comes back. Denver has no control of being able to hang out with beloved when Sethe comes back from work because Beloved is all around her.(143) Denver enjoys being seen be beloved, she loves it, because she is also receiving the attention she believes she needs. The attention from the sister she never had. In a way she is completely obsessed with Beloved, making that relationship unhealthy, and denver seem more like a lunatic. Denver hopes to be with Beloved forever, regardless of anything else, thats her plan. Shes in love with beloved.
Being jealous makes you angry and i know exactly how that feels. When i was smaller my little brother Alexis was born and my mom of course gave him all the attention. This made me angry because i was a spoiled little kid and my mom used to give me all the attention. I loved her attention. With my little brother in the picture that was going away. I wanted him gone, but i wasn't evil, so i wasn't going to cause anything. I just got closer to my mom by giving her my time . She responded negatively and told me to stop being annoying and to grow up. Even though at the time it was cruel to hear that i learned later that she was right. Its not okay to have jealous. It destroys you inside, and makes you do things you would never imagine yourself doing. That's precisely what's occurring in Beloved, this jealousy this is going to end up driving her crazy.
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