Favorite Character and Why

In the book, my favorite character is Denver. There are so many reasons to like her, but the main reason is that she is the most like me. Not only is she a strong woman, but she also is very stubborn. One quality of hers that I admire is her ability to be independent. Sethe, her mother, was raised to be independent, so she raised her daughter to be the same way. Denver is able to take care of her own problems as well as Beloved's, the woman that the family found on the side of the road. She made sure to let her mother know that Beloved was HER responsibility, and that she would care for her for as long as she had to. This is another reason why Denver is my favorite character thus far. She has a warm heart because of the way she took the woman in like she was her own family, and treated her in such a way that Beloved did not want to leave. Even though Denver is kindhearted, she can also be stubborn, which is another thing we have in common. Since the beginning of the book, she has always had an idea that her deceased baby sister, Beloved, has been haunting the house she and her mother live in. Her mother as well as Paul D both think that she is imagining things, and that she is crazy to think of something like that. Despite all of the conflict that goes along with the subject, she still clings to that idea. She also was skeptical of having Paul D stay with them, and she did not feel completely comfortable. She continued to ask him when he was leaving, as if his stay was only for a short time. Denver is my favorite character because she is someone I can relate to in some way.