Close Reading: " And so they were: Paul D Garner, Paul F Garner, Paul A Garner, Halle Suggs and Sixo, the wild man. All in their twenties, minus women, fucking cows, dreaming of rape, thrashing on pallets, rubbing their thighs and waiting for the new girl-- the one who took Baby Suggs' place after Halle bought her with five years of Sundays."

In this passage, I see a lot of feminist views. Sethe and her family was treated like animals, among people who "dreamed of rape". The men at Sweet Home treated their women like animals, literally by abusing cows. These men also thought like animals, even dreaming of rape, which is not only disturbing but also inhuman-like. This relates to my lens since it shows how women, even in modern society, are seen as inferiors. The tone and connotation that Morrison uses pushes towards the idea that men, in this era, were disgraceful towards women and simply seeing them as objects. The "rubbing of thighs" defines how the men are so easily aroused, that they'll even "abuse cows". This is a disgrace to society. We need to stop treating women as if they're shackled to men, and controlled by them. However, given the time period, this sounds "normal". At this time, women were seen as inferiors and meant to do "womanly" duties. They weren't allowed, or known as people, to go to school. In this time, women were meant to stay at home and work, and meant sexually abused in the heavily south areas. Even in modern society, women in Saudi Arabia can't drive, because that's not what "they're meant to do". Women are oppressed but there's nothing that is happening to stop it.