"There is also my husband squatting by the churn smearing the butter as well as its clabber all over his face because the milk they took is on his mind. And as far as he is concerned, the world may as well know it. And if he was that broken then, then he is also and certainly dead now." page 83
When reading this quote in the book I wondered what it meant. I knew that it was saying something. Something that could possibly be important to Halle’s (Sethe’s husband) role in the book. I read it again and the lines after to try and pick up what was being said. What Toni Morrison was trying to express what had happened to Halle and where he may be now? Having continued to read with more mentioning of Halle throughout the book I still have not found out what became of Halle. I assume he went crazy from seeing his wife being violated by white males in the barn but what else happened to him?
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