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1. Schoolteacher had his nephews hold down Sethe and take her breast milk while he took notes. This horrifying event could most convincingly be argued to be a symbol for

• the power of the supernatural in forcing humans to do what they know is wrong
• schoolteacher's blind love for his own nephews, at the cost of all else
• the dehumanization and abuse under slavery that made motherhood a difficult and painful undertaking
• the insatiable desire for luxury items and wealth in the America of that time

2. Sethe knew little of her mother, except that

• her name was Nan and she worked as a cobbler
• her name was Nan and she wore a straw hat
• she had a unique scar, from when she was branded as property, and she wore a cloth hat while the other women wore straw hats
• she was Nan's sister and, like Sethe, had been born a slave

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