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There are multiple people in Beloved who have been traumatized from their experiences at Sweet Home, but in ways that manifest themselves differently based on their experiences. Sethe, even before shit goes south, had herself be constantly dehumanized by the students at Sweet Home, having her characteristics ranked in terms of human or animal, and being characterized as an "excellent breeder". And of course, that ultimately leads to what happened in the barn, the thing we don't like to talk about. She gets objectified and turned into some kind of animal, and it sticks with her even after her escape: Sethe often shows signs of having immense self-loathing for what she became as a result of being at Sweet Home-- during her escape, she seems to have a kind of disgust for the baby inside of her, which carries on into Denver's life. The self-loathing manifested within her leads her to believe that her children are the best part of herself, and she expresses that belief by