Sethe, now free from slavery has become a slave again, but this time instead of being a slave to a white master she is a, slave to her own pain. The sources of her pain are numerous, including the stealing of her milk, the murdering of her child, , attempting to kill the rest of her children, and two of her children leaving her because of it. When Sethe's murdered child, , returns, the pain she feels from these sources intensifies and begins to adversely effect her life. 's intentions put simply seem to be to control, Sethe to make her ....