Beloved is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Toni Morrison.It tells the story of Sethe and her daughter Denver as they try to rebuild their lives after having escaped from slavery.Because of the painful nature of the experience of slavery,most characters repress their memory and experience the loss of selves.The novel opens them up to their repressed memories.Only through re-memory can they have the possibility to heal their trauma and regain their identities. Beloved is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Toni Morrison. It tells the story of Sethe and her daughter Denver as they try to rebuild their lives after having escaped from slavery. Because of painful nature of the experience of slavery, most characters repress their memory and experience the loss of selves.The novel opens them up to their repressed memories.Only through re-memory can they have the possibility to heal their trauma and regain their identities.