Gabby+J.

2nd block

I chose ominous clouds as my background for the poster because the book has an eerie feeling about it. I made some of the font red to represent the blood that was shed when Sethe killed her baby. I put the tombstone of the dead baby in the center of the poster because the entire book is centered around the ghost of this child. The movie is rated R for violence and sexual content. I chose Kerry Washington to play Sethe because she was in Django Unchained and played her role well. Samuel Jackson is playing Paul D because he is a great actor and he would perform any role well.

"Banned Books Awareness." Banned Books Awareness. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Mar. 2013. "Banned Books." : Beloved, by Toni Morrison: Paul's Review. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2013. "Banned Books: Toni Morrison’s Beloved." Banned Books: Toni Morrison's Beloved. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Mar. 2013. "Beloved (novel)." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Mar. 2013. Web. 28 Mar. 2013. "Beloved by Toni Morrison: Free Study Guide / THEMES / BIOGRAPHY / HISTORICAL INFORMATION." //Beloved by Toni Morrison: Free Study Guide / THEMES / BIOGRAPHY / HISTORICAL INFORMATION//. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Mar. 2013.

The novel //Beloved// was based on a true story of a slave woman named Margaret Garner. Margaret Garner escaped slavery with her four children. The slaveholder later attempted to take her children back to slavery, so she killed one of her children. The novel references many true historical events, such as the Middle Passage, the Fugitive Slave Law Act of 1850, and the Underground Railroad. This book has been banned in challenged in many places across the United States. For example, the book was banned at Eastern High School because of the book’s mention of bestiality, racism, and sex. People also object to the novel’s violence, the supernatural, and the killing of an infant. //Beloved// is the seventh most- challenged classic novel of all time. //Beloved// simply tells what occurred at that point in history, and violence played a major role in slavery.