<P> Halle is the son of Baby Suggs, the husband of Sethe and father of her children . He and Sethe were married in Sweet Home, yet they got separated during her escape . He is not in the present of the novel, but is mentioned in flashbacks . Paul D was the last to see Halle, churning butter at Sweet Home . It is presumed he went mad after seeing residents of Sweet Home violating Sethe and raping her of her breast milk . </P> <P> schoolteacher is the primary discipliner of the slaves in Sweet Home . His name is intentionally not capitalized throughout the novel . He is the most violent and abusive to the slaves at Sweet Home and eventually comes after Sethe following her escape but is unsuccessful in his attempt to recapture her and her children . </P> <P> Amy Denver is a compassionate, young white girl who finds Sethe desperately trying to make her way to safety after her escape from Sweet Home . Sethe is extremely pregnant at the time, and her feet are bleeding badly from the travel . Amy saves Sethe's life nurturing her back to health . Later, Amy delivers Sethe's daughter on a small boat, and Sethe names the child Denver after her . </P> <P> In 1998, the novel was made into a film directed by Jonathan Demme and produced by and starring Oprah Winfrey . </P>

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