Passion between Sisters in Beloved From the beginning of Beloved I found something very surprising in Denver's ways towards Beloved. She is extremely possessive of her sister, not allowing Sethe to help her care for the young woman when she is ill. She then treasures the time she spends alone with Beloved while Sethe is at work at the restaurant more than anything else in her life. She is driven by a hunger to know her sister's mysterious story; a hunger that cannot be satisfied by her answers to Sethe and Paul D's simple questions. She also appears completely devastated, throwing herself into a blinding, violent rage in the middle of the cold house when she believes she has been abandoned by the third and most precious of hers. brothers. It is an attraction that evidently resides in something more complex and difficult to understand than mere brotherly love; it lies rather in Denver's disturbing sense of desperation to be essentially one with Beloved. Thus, when the author reveals that, as a child, Denver had taken "her mother's milk along with her sister's blood," (152) we are surprised, but not necessarily surprised. What are the implications of this? Of course all brothers share the same familial blood, but what does it mean for one to take that blood through the mouth? This is in a very similar way to the drawing of Christ's blood in the sacrament of communion. The wine that Catholics drink symbolizes the blood of Jesus, his death and the consequent donation of himself to us and for us. Consequently, Catholics, according to their religion, are expected to live their lives in the ways of Christ, ultimately striving to be one with Him; be hungry for him. Denver, as a very small and innocent child, had longed for her mother's milk and instead had been nourished with her late sister's blood. His hunger had been satisfied by the taste of his sister rather than by his mother; an everlasting bond had been formed.