The strength of an ox, Sethe took her children to what she considered to be a better life of freedom and peace of mind. Sure that running to baby Suggs home would bring her a newfound respect for herself, she didn't think of the schoolteacher finding her. Sethe had great love for her children. Her attempt to kill them all was extremely brutal but in some cases hardly but justifiable. The question is whether it …showed first 75 words of 899 total…

…showed last 75 words of 899 total…your own choice, but her love and for her children took over her physically and emotionally. Her Sweet home life had to be put into her past. This meaning what ever she had to do had to be done. Sethe was a strong and ambition woman who had the "Iron Eyes" and the strength to raise a family in a haunted home as an independent woman. Sethe should be consider a tough and driven woman.