The book Beloved written by Toni Morrison portrays what it was like to live in a time of slavery and segregation. The story is built around an ex-slave named Sethe and her trials at sweet home where she was formerly a slave, as a child, and at her current home at 124. Other important characters include Paul D, another ex-slave from sweet home, Denver, Sethe's daughter, Beloved, the dead spirit of Sethe's slain daughter, and Baby Suggs, Sethe's mother-in-law. What will be discussed in this essay will be which character deserves the most sympathy. Sethe is the character that deserves the most sympathy due to all the trials, tribulations, and experiences throughout her life.

One such experience is her life at Sweet Home as a slave has left her callous and cold, without any ambition, which is why she should be shown sympathy. One event that had a big...