Sethe's Parenthood
Although Sethe puts all of her effort into being the best parent she can, she never seems to get the result she wants or deserves. The first example of this in the timeline of her life, is when she and her family make an escape plan to fell from sweet home. Sethe completes all of the duties required of her for the plan, but when she goes to meet Halle he is nowhere to be seen. Because of this, Sethe has to send her sons out alone and returns to Sweet Home where she gets whipped. There are many instances throughout the novel where Sethe does everything she can, yet other people and her luck both fail her. The most obvious example is when Sethe is at 124, and she encounters Schoolteacher after being there for only 28 days. Here she tries to kill her children to save them from slavery and also to prevent schoolteacher from having more slave labor. From this, she faces many negative consequences even though she possibly made the best decision possible. First, she loses a large par