Howard

E345199

Howard is one of Sethe’s sons in Toni Morrison’s novel "Beloved," a child whose life is shaped by the trauma and legacy of slavery.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Howard canonical 3

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Beloved
characterType secondary character
creator Toni Morrison
ethnicity African American
familyName Suggs
fictionalUniverse Beloved
firstPublicationOfWork 1987
formerEnslavementContext Sweet Home plantation
gender male
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriod contemporary American literature
livesWith Baby Suggs
Buglar
Denver NERFINISHED
Sethe
mother Sethe
nationality American
notableEvent flees 124 Bluestone Road because of the haunting presence
residence 124 Bluestone Road
sibling Beloved
Buglar
Denver NERFINISHED
themeAssociation effects of slavery on family
haunting and memory
intergenerational trauma
traumaContext legacy of American slavery
workGenre historical fiction
magical realism

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sethe child Howard
Halle Suggs child Howard