Beloved, a novel written by Toni Morrison is more than a fiction. When composing her book, Morrison used many different writing techniques to make it the best possible. One particular technique used throughout Beloved is symbolism. Symbolism is found in the number references used, nature and the characters portrayed. Many numbers used in Beloved are actually more than what they are written out to be. A common number used, is the address of Sethe’s …showed first 75 words of 715 total…

…showed last 75 words of 715 total…it red. Overall, Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved is more than the story of a struggling family’s life. Morrison wrote her book adding a lot of symbolism to it, increasing the meaning and depth of the story. Without symbolism, this novel would not spark so much interest in the reader and mean so much. The symbolism in the analyzed numbers, nature, and characters bring out so much more in Beloved than just a story.