Section 1: Section Diagnostic

Write an analytic response to one of the following questions about point of view and character development from pages 3–60 of Beloved:

1. What effect do narrative shifts have on the reader’s understanding and experience of key characters in the story and their individual and collective past? Use at least two examples from the text to support your response.

2. What do the characters’ actions, reactions, words, and interactions reveal about them and their complicated relationship with the past? Select one character introduced in pages 1–60 and analyze that character’s introduction and development.

Be sure to do the following:

• Form a central claim in response to the question.

• Support your claim with textual evidence.

• Integrate specific references and quotations.

• Use academic language and demonstrate your understanding of literary elements, devices, and terminology.

• Use appropriate syntax, grammar, and mechanics.