“They were not holding hands, but their shadows were”(Page 56). This particular passage shows the characters want for being a normal family that goes to carnivals and holds hands, having fun. This brings light to the character Sethe being hopeful, wanting nothing more than to be free to be in love and showing her child Denver there is more to life than slavery. But seeing as though it comes across as the want to hold hands it shows fear of not being allowed to hold hands. Slavery makes these characters unable to do the things in life that whites in this novel do. To me this shows the haunting of no future and being afraid to not only not have a future but perhaps to have it torn away from Sethe like some of her children were.
