On page 234, there is a long paragraph consisting of Stamp Paid's thoughts when he discovers Denver and Beloved sitting inside house 124. He describes 124 as a place where the souls of angry people come together so you can hear their murmurs when you approach the house. Stamp Paid says these voices are the product of the way white people treat black people. In his explanation, he tells about how white people have the belief that “under every dark skin is a jungle” (Morrison 234) and that by pushing this belief they are growing that very jungle inside themselves. I think you can connect Stamp Paid’s idea to events that occur earlier in the chapter. Back in time at Sweet Home, Sethe is describing the moment she believes they should have started planning to run. She is walking past Schoolteacher teaching his pupils and realizes he is having the children describe Sethe in terms of “human characteristics and animal characteristics”. Immediately, she goes to Mrs. Garner to ask what it