Beloved is a profound and harrowing novel that delves into the dark history of slavery in America. The story follows Sethe, a former slave, and her family as they struggle to come to terms with their past and build a new life.

The characters in the book are complex and well-developed. Baby Suggs, Sethe's mother-in-law, is a central figure who represents the strength and resilience of the black community. Sethe herself is a tragic and heroic figure, willing to do whatever it takes to protect her children. Paul D, a fellow former slave, brings a sense of hope and possibility to Sethe's life.

The setting of the book, near Cincinnati, Ohio, adds to the atmosphere of the story. The descriptions of the landscape and the people's lives are vivid and detailed, making it easy for the reader to imagine the harsh realities of slavery.

One of the most powerful aspects of the book is Morrison's writing style. She uses a non-linear narrative, jumping back and forth in time, to reveal the story in a fragmented and often shocking way. The language is beautiful and poetic, yet also raw and emotional.

Beloved is a book that will stay with you long after you finish reading it. It is a powerful indictment of slavery and a celebration of the human spirit. It is no wonder that Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature for this remarkable work.

Beloved has been on my reading list for quite a while, and I'm truly delighted to have finally read it with my group of friends in the Constant Reader community.

Over the past few years, I've delved into several books, both fictional and non-fictional, which have served as excellent preparations for reading Beloved. The atrocities of slavery that form the backdrop of this story are emerging in numerous places and in various ways. How could anyone possibly doubt the agony of a mother who is fully aware of the potential fate that awaits her children if they are forcibly returned to slavery? Those years when runaway slaves could be legally apprehended in non-slave states brought untold horror to many who had fought so hard for their freedom.

I won't be discussing the plot in detail here as it is quite well-known. Morrison has crafted a book that richly deserves the extensive readership it has received. It is deeply concerning that it is now being increasingly banned simply because it disturbs some high school-aged readers. Fortunately, librarians, publishers, and discerning readers everywhere are continuing to ensure that books like Beloved reach the hands of those who渴望 to read meaningful works that still have so much to teach us in the present day.

I have every intention of exploring much more of Morrison's remarkable body of work.

There are multiple reasons why Toni Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, and "Beloved" might be the most significant one.

It is structured as a ghost story about a woman, Sethe, who kills her own children rather than seeing them dragged back from freedom to a life of slavery. The guilt of this act haunts her. However, the real essence lies in the portrayal of the slave existence. It shows how slavery seeps into every pore, affects every emotion, and defines one's world view. It also reveals how one values education and how willing one can be to love another human being. This is a triumph and a masterwork by one of the world's great writers, working effectively at several levels.

The story is based on a real case of Margaret Garner, who in 1856 killed her children for the same reason. Sethe is the main character. After sending her children ahead, this pregnant woman flees slavery in the south and lives with her grandmother, Baby Suggs. But when a posse comes to bring her back, she takes the drastic step.

There is a lot about identity in the story, defining oneself in one's own terms and not those of the owner. There is also commentary on the need for and value of community. Sethe's daughter Denver never leaves their home, but when she does, she finds help. When Paul D is in need, the community of free blacks is more than willing to assist.

Most men in the book are oppressors, but a few rise above. Mister Garner, although a slave owner, shows some signs of humanity. Paul D is the most developed male character, struggling with his fears and weaknesses while searching for truth and peace.

Morrison uses literary devices like foreshadowing, flipping between time lines, changing from third person to first, and making classic references to great effect. "Beloved" is more than just a great ghost story or an outstanding tale of slavery. It is a classic of 20th century American literature that will be read forever.

Morrison passed in 2019, and her Facebook page is maintained by Knopf. There are also reviews of other Morrison works and some that have been read but not reviewed.

A woman, a child, a brother - a big love like that would split you wide open in Alfred, Georgia. He knew exactly what she meant: to get to a place where you could love anything you chose - not to need permission for desire - well now, that was freedom.

In my experience, not every story can withstand a second reading. However, this powerful book does. The second time around, it is even more engaging from the very start, as you don't waste any time being confused and disoriented in the beginning, attempting to piece everything together.

This is a ghost story about trauma, like all the best ghost stories. It is about slavery and its ghosts, which have haunted generations.

To be honest, it is about so many things. Toni Morrison masterfully weaves together numerous themes, creating a truly fantastic and touching story.

For instance, this is a novel about mothering while enslaved. We are presented with three very distinct types of slave mothers. There's Baby Suggs, who was so broken by having her babies taken away that, as a survival mechanism, she distanced herself from her children for a while until her last son finally made her a mother and then broke her heart. There's also a woman whose body was exploited by her owners, who saw her only as a means to breed new property.

Then there's Sethe, whose "love is too thick", a fierce mama bear who will go to any lengths to save her children. She was enslaved by a "better" slaver who saw his slaves as slow children who shouldn't be abused, believing himself to be a good one while infantilizing them and still treating them as his property.

Finally, there's Sethe's mother, a proud woman who killed her children conceived after being raped by white men. The only child she left alive was Sethe, her love child with a man.

The book also explores the emasculation of black men through the stories of Halle, Paul D, and Stamp Paid (another trio).

Seriously, this book has so much more to uncover. The way Morrison alternates between telling the story in the past tense and switching to the present tense when she needs to increase the intensity is remarkable. That harrowing culminating scene of the fateful night of the escape is truly unforgettable.

But in the end, this is just a wonderful story of love, the longing for a family (yet another thing slaves were deprived of), a name to pass down to one's children, destructive hunger that ends on a hopeful note, and the possibility of healing.

Beloved is truly one of those remarkable and enchanting books.

It commences in a manner that makes you feel as if it is penned in a code that demands cracking. Right from the early stages, you have this distinct sense that you've overlooked some crucial piece of information.

These perceived voids, or black holes, draw your attention and engage you on an increasingly profound level. Just like in the finest detective novels, the maddening clues necessary for complete understanding are skillfully scattered at every twist and turn.

The past is an ever-present and illuminating force in every present moment. Morrison deftly exploits a plethora of the possibilities that the novel, as an art form, affords.

She showcases an ingenious control over her complex and challenging material throughout the entire narrative.

Beloved is historical fiction, perhaps the best ghost story ever written, on par with Wuthering Heights. It incorporates elements of playful magical realism, yet it is also a passionate and just social document.

It is an exciting detective story, a rich and character-driven family saga, and a touching and mature romance.

It is truly a rare encounter to come across a novel written with such an abundance of heart and combined with masterful artistry.

You who read me, keep your repugnance and horror to yourself. I am here to tell you my story with an iron smile under my chin.

The men without skin stole my milk, so my mother punished them with my blood. You don't understand, her love was too thick. I was the already crawling baby waiting to be loved. I am Beloved.

Which kind of unimaginable atrocities can lead a mother to murder her own baby to spare it a certain life full of humiliation and wanton abuse? How much suffering can a human being undergo before he loses touch with reality and turns to derangement as the only way to cope? But I do wonder, derangement or conscientious remembrance as a sort of self-inflicted punishment?

"Beloved" is a piercing cry of sorrow, angst and promise impregnated with magic realism which disrupts the mind and upsets the body. Set in the 1870s Ohio, this story reveals, in a disturbingly subtle and poignant way, the real value of freedom as opposed to a life of slavery.

Sethe's has been an oppressed and undignified life, for she is a negro, and she is a woman. Baby Suggs, the mother of her spouse - only in the eyes of God - Halle, tries to warn her about the risks of being a slave woman and insisting on loving her children too dearly. But Sethe blooms with the seed of light which is growing inside her and plans an escape with her family to be able to love freely.

Until one fateful day, when the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, disguised as men without skin, come to take what they believe to be their right. They come to teach a lesson to these proud animals which have had the boldness to believe they can be human beings. It's an arduous task. They undermine the body and tear the flesh, proving their power and manhood, forcing their entrance. They arise as the masters, squeezing all kind of fluxes from emaciated carcasses: urine, spit, blood and milk. But not tears, never tears. The fluxes blend into a streaming river of sorrow and lost hopes which will never reach the cleansing waters. They wear out the spirit and subjugate the soul, chocking and chopping.

The hummingbirds sing, flapping their wings, and the sunbeams shine through the branches of the trees, which are now adorned with hanging limbless torsos. The natural world, which becomes the imperturbable setting for this irrational carnage, watches as an indifferent spectator.

There is no place to run away to but Sethe's instinct to feed her children moves her towards a fragile safety where her baby daughter is born. Twenty-eight days of respite it's all they are given, for the hunting hasn't finished yet and the Horsemen come to claim their missed prey.

Now, I am not a mother and I don't know whether I will ever be, but the dread of imagining the flesh of your flesh having to undergo such shaming and degrading misery has to be terrifying. Sethe's love is too thick, and she can't remember whether she has two or four feet, animal or human? The only thing she knows is that she can't allow her children to go through the kind of hell she went through, she wants to spare them all. She only has time to spare one before she is stopped. Her Beloved.

A murderess? Or a selfless, desperate act of a loving mother?

"Beloved" is the unfinished name that Sethe could afford to engrave in her baby's tombstone after selling her body. "Beloved" is also the haunting otherworldly presence and the only company that Sethe and her only remaining daughter, Denver, have in 124 Bluestone Road, after Baby Suggs dies and her two sons disappear one mundane evening.

The perturbing phantasmagorical presence of the killed baby, which at some point is inexplicably reincarnated in flesh, taking the form of a young and attractive woman who appears out of nowhere in Sethe's porch, drenches the novel in myriads of ways. "Beloved" is as threatening as she is reassuring. "Beloved" portrays the perpetual symbol of an act of sheer love, reminding Sethe of her doleful past. "Beloved" craves for nourishment not wanting to realize that Sethe's milk has gone sour and is now poisoning what little is left of her humanity.

It is now up to Denver to try to atone for her mother's sin and to Sethe to allow a blessed man from her past, Paul D., a kind of man who could walk in a house and make the women cry, to offer her the possibility of a future.

This is the sort of novel that defies words and syntax, challenging the reader to put the scabrous pieces together, forcing him to move forward and backward in time, for there isn't another way to portray its brutish reality than to merge fantasy and facts, dreams and yearnings, magic rituals and ancestral beliefs into a single powerful voice, the voice of the guilty conscience, which becomes the ultimate narrator of the story.

The act of embracing the mystery doesn't smooth any of the atrocities portrayed in this novel, although the lyrical prose and the symbolic patterns, challenging notions of life and death, make it possible to put across an overwhelming message of hope in the natural goodness of human beings.

An individual might not find enough strength in him to exorcise the ghosts from his past, to break free from his long life bondages, to recover from the nonhealing wounds of his soul. But when embraced by the nourishing arms of the community, when allowed to enter its collective memories and sorrows, he becomes miraculously empowered to banish his worst nightmares, to let go of the shame and the guilt.

A future, free from the shadow of slavery is possible then, where a so much coveted peace of mind can be envisioned, where the hummingbirds will sing and the sundrenched grass will gleam in harmony with smiling faces instead of iron grimaces and scarred necks.

"The future was sunset; the past something to leave behind. And if it didn't stay behind, well, you might have to stomp it out. Slave life; freed life - every day was a test and a trial." (page 256)

Disremembered and unaccounted for, I am not lost because no one is looking for me, and even if they were, they can't call me, for I have no name. I am the girl and I am still waiting to be loved.

This is not a story to pass on. This is a story to forget so that a new beginning can be born. But I'm still here. I am "Beloved" and this story is mine.

A re-read and absolutely worth it - beautiful!

This simple statement holds a world of meaning. When we come across a piece of literature, a book, or an article that is so captivating, it often leaves us with a desire to read it again. The act of re-reading allows us to discover new details, gain a deeper understanding, and fully appreciate the beauty within.

It's like revisiting a familiar place but seeing it from a different perspective. Each time we read, we bring our own experiences and emotions, which can enhance the overall reading experience. The beauty of a re-read lies in the fact that it can offer something new and exciting, even though we already know the story or the content.

Whether it's a classic novel, a thought-provoking essay, or a heartwarming poem, a re-read is always a rewarding experience. It allows us to immerse ourselves in the words, let our imagination run wild, and be transported to another world. So, the next time you find a piece of writing that you love, don't hesitate to pick it up and read it again. You might be surprised by what you discover.

The reasons that other people hated this book are, to be honest, the very reasons I liked it.

I have a penchant for this kind of writing style, and I was able to fathom what Morrison was striving to achieve.

Obviously, I haven't endured anything as harrowing as the characters in the book. However, I firmly believe that the book does an excellent job of capturing the essence of certain types of guilt, isolation, dissociation, and intrusive thoughts or memories.

I understand why some people might have had difficulties following the story. Initially, I too faced such challenges. But I feel that if one reads the book from start to finish, it isn't as bad as it might seem at first glance.

I think there are numerous points where things that were vaguely mentioned or alluded to earlier are clarified.

Personally, I have a great liking for this book and am eagerly looking forward to delving into more of Toni Morrison's works.

3.75 or 4
I truly and wholeheartedly appreciated the exploration of generational and continual trauma in the writing. It was a powerful and poignant aspect that really made me think. However, I have to admit that I struggled an excessive amount with the complex narrative. It was so convoluted and difficult to follow at times that it left me feeling a bit lost. Additionally, I simply didn't vibe with the magical realism element. It just didn't resonate with me on a personal level. But let's hold onto hope that I will have a better experience with The Bluest Eye. Maybe that one will speak to me more deeply and allow me to fully engage with its story and themes.

**Beloved: Toni Morrison's Powerful Exploration of Slavery and Freedom**

In 1850, the Underground Railway faced greater challenges due to the Fugitive Slave Act. Toni Morrison's "Beloved" is based on the Margaret Garner case. In 1856, the Garners fled across the Ohio River. When slave catchers came, Margaret tried to kill her children, succeeding in killing one. Her defense attorney's attempt to try her for murder in Ohio failed, and the family was returned to Kentucky.

The Garners were then sent south on a steamboat. After a collision, Margaret's other daughter drowned. The Garners later disappeared from records. Robert Garner was located in 1870, and he reported that Margaret died of typhoid fever in 1858.

In the novel, Sethe is Margaret Garner's fictional counterpart. She was released from jail and returned to Cincinnati. Eighteen years after murdering her child, Paul D enters her life. However, Paid Stamp shows Paul D the newspaper clipping about the case. Sethe explains her actions, but Paul D believes she was wrong.
The spirit of "Beloved" haunts Sethe and Paul D, perhaps representing their repressed memories. Toni Morrison's novel has a profound impact, breaking the reader's heart. In her acceptance speech, Morrison emphasized the lack of a suitable memorial for slaves. On Sullivan's Island, a bench was placed in 2008 to commemorate the port of entry for many African-Americans brought to the US in bondage. Morrison's work serves as an important reminder of this dark chapter in American history.

Her words and the story of "Beloved" continue to resonate, making us reflect on the cost of freedom and the lasting effects of slavery.

Reality, fairy-tale elements, a special lyricism and also poetically.

"Beloved" is a work of mysterious power. It tells of the unfulfilled wish to forget the greatest terrors only to remember them again at the end.

It is the year 1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The story tells of Sethe, the pregnant Sethe, who managed to escape with her children from the farm "Sweet Home". The story tells of torture, rape, murder, humiliations and the hope for freedom. It tells the story of slavery and the decisions that result from it, to protect one's loved ones from the worst.

Morrison tells very empathetically, but also in a convoluted way. I was led through dreams and nightmares that were sometimes almost unbearable. For me, it was also partly confusing and incomprehensible. I had to read some passages twice to at least partly understand them. I also found it difficult to find access to "ghosts and spirits".

There is an immense amount of trauma and this is definitely not light reading. A book that demands a lot. I will definitely have to read it a second time to gain clarity.

Toni Morrison received the Pulitzer Prize for this work in 1988!

When I first embarked on reading Beloved, I was truly convinced that I would never be able to make it through. I had听闻 that the book delved into numerous沉重的主题，如奴隶制、强奸、儿童死亡和兽奸。而且从我之前阅读莫里森作品的经历中我知道，她的小说从来都不简单。你无法快速消化它们。莫里森的文字会在你心中停留一段时间，有很多值得咀嚼的地方。但令我大为惊讶的是，Beloved并不像我想象的那么“糟糕”。我实际上读完了它，爱上了塞丝以及莫里森在叙事中创造的现实。

在引言中，莫里森写道，她想探索“自由”对（黑人）女性可能意味着什么。在这样做的过程中，莫里森不仅探索了女性的自由，还探索了与之相伴的女性欲望的复杂性、母性的负担以及（代际）创伤如何以多种方式表现出来。

  我要称他们为我的子民，他们却不是我的子民；也要称她所爱的为可爱的，她却不是可爱的。
  

  罗马书9:25

Beloved是一个特别的故事。故事开始时，三十多岁的黑人女性塞丝和她18岁的女儿丹佛住在一所邻居们都避开的房子里，因为它闹鬼：“124号充满了恶意。充满了一个婴儿的毒液。房子里的女人知道，孩子们也知道。多年来，每个人都以自己的方式忍受着这种恶意，但到了1873年，塞丝和她的女儿丹佛成了它唯一的受害者。”

故事发生的时间是19世纪70年代初，正值美国内战及其后果带来的第一次痛苦的混乱之后。塞丝和丹佛与鬼魂处于一种不安的休战状态，直到保罗·D的到来，他是塞丝在肯塔基州以前种植园的工友之一。保罗驱走了鬼魂，却有一个神秘的女性陌生人出现取代了它。她20岁，身上奇怪地没有任何痕迹——例如，她的手掌上没有纹路，她的脚和衣服也没有长途跋涉的迹象。她自称“宠儿”，塞丝和丹佛很高兴地收留了她。

塞丝、丹佛、保罗·D以及小说中的其他每一个角色都同时生活在他们的现在和过去——小说的章节在两个故事之间交替：一个是塞丝和宠儿之间日益激烈的竞争；另一个是塞丝在种植园的生活、她的逃跑以及她穿越俄亥俄河并出现在她婆婆贝比·萨格斯家之后发生的创伤性事件。小说进行到一半左右时发生了一个关键的、具有启示性且在某些方面难以理解的事件——塞丝以前的奴隶主带着一些官员来重新抓捕逃犯，塞丝试图杀死她的孩子们。两个男孩和新生儿幸存了下来，但她成功地割断了两岁女儿的喉咙。

  她所谓的生活的肮脏，是她得知没有人会仅仅因为棋子包括她的孩子就停止下棋时所受到的震惊。

每个人都对这一事件的转变感到惊讶和震惊（莫里森是从一篇关于那个时期的旧报纸报道中发现这个事件的）。贝比·萨格斯从此一蹶不振；塞丝被她的同胞们回避；丹佛在孤立和猜疑中长大。然而，莫里森很小心地表明，虽然这是每个人生活中的一个关键事件，但它并不是高潮，也不是发生在塞丝和她所爱的人身上最糟糕的事情。

事实上，历史叙事的高潮是逃跑的那个晚上，当时几个逃犯被绞死并被肢解，而现在的叙事则逐渐发展到丹佛决定将自己与塞丝和宠儿之间显然是生死攸关的斗争分开，出去找工作和朋友，以帮助她拯救自己。

Beloved是一部伟大的小说，原因之一是它既充满了情感又充满了意义。莫里森确切地知道她想做什么以及如何去做，她充分利用了她的主题的各个方面。角色很复杂。两个故事都很有戏剧性，但方式不同，过去和现在不断相互影响。小说的任何一半都不会因为与另一半的对比而逊色。

尤其值得注意的是莫里森的风格，它生动、富有感染力且不使用方言。尽管莫里森拒绝现实主义，使用了一种高度凝练的措辞和抒情的叙事方法，一次又一次地回到特定的形象和事件，并对它们进行补充，以便更充分地描述它们，但读者从不怀疑莫里森所报道的内容的真实性。

就像塞丝在小说结尾认出宠儿，并立刻知道她一直都知道她是谁一样，读者对黑人角色的苦难和白人的残暴感到震惊，但立刻知道每一种折磨和残忍不仅是可信的，而且代表了小说中未提及的许多其他恐怖事件，以及美国历史上未提及的许多其他恐怖事件。

莫里森以如此具体的表现力描绘了每一个事件，以至于读者心甘情愿地将其视为真实。她在断言时也完全实事求是——无论是关于鬼魂的存在和身份，还是关于白人的性格缺陷。小说的任何一个方面都没有被呈现为推测，因此为了继续阅读，读者会暂时放下怀疑。

  “塞丝，如果我和你在一起，和丹佛在一起，你可以去任何你想去的地方。想跳就跳，因为我会接住你，女孩。我会在你跌倒之前接住你。想深入内心就深入吧，我会抓住你的脚踝。确保你能回来。[……]我们可以创造一种生活，女孩。一种生活。”

除了许多其他方面，Beloved也是一个爱情故事。塞丝和保罗·D是我最喜欢的文学角色之一。在整个小说中，塞丝害怕让保罗·D走进她的内心，因为“也许男人只是个男人，就像贝比·萨格斯总是说的那样。”生活让她失望太多次了，她无法真正信任别人并让自己陷入爱河。在这本书的过程中，塞丝重新找回了自己的价值，一种独立于她的孩子和她作为母亲的角色的价值，因此也重新找回了她爱一个男人的能力。看到他们的关系在最后绽放，保罗·D向她保证她自己的价值，这真的让我哭了。

  “她离开了我。”
“哦，女孩。别哭。”
“她是我最好的东西。”
[…]
“塞丝，”他说，“我和你，我们拥有比任何人都多的昨天。我们需要某种明天。”
他俯身握住她的手。用另一只手抚摸她的脸。“你是你最好的东西，塞丝。你就是。”他握着的手指握着她的手指。
“我？我？”

Beloved是为数不多的几部美国小说之一，它充分利用了小说形式的每一个自然元素，但又与所有其他元素保持平衡。结果是，它内容丰富但篇幅不长，戏剧性但不夸张，具体而又具有普遍性，令人震惊但又令人安心，新颖但同时又与小说的传统紧密相连，并且可能会塑造或改变读者对世界的看法。

正如莫里森在引言中所宣称的，对我来说，Beloved是一部关于自由的小说。因此，我想和你们分享几句引语，这些引语展示了角色们，尤其是主角塞丝，为接受自由而经历的旅程：


“在这两件艰难的事情中——站着直到倒下，或者离开她最后一个可能还活着的孩子——她选择了让他开心的艰难事情，却从未问过自己她问自己的问题：为什么？一个六十多岁、走路像三条腿的狗的女奴需要自由做什么？当她踏上自由的土地时，她无法相信哈利知道她不知道的事情；哈利，他从未呼吸过一口自由的空气，却知道这个世界上没有什么能与之相比。这让她害怕。”


“保罗·D让我相信外面有一个世界，我可以生活在其中。我本应该更清楚的。我确实更清楚。我门外发生的任何事情都不适合我。世界就在这个房间里。这就是全部，也只需要是全部。”


“塞丝想起了保罗·D在街上让她为他生孩子时的脸。尽管她笑了，握住了他的手，但这让她害怕。她很快想到如果他想要的是性，那性会有多好，但主要的是，她害怕再次生孩子。需要足够好，足够警觉，足够强壮，那种关心——再次。必须活得足够长。”


“我最后一次见到她时，她只能哭，而我除了告诉她他们对我做了什么时擦了擦她的脸，什么也做不了。总得有人知道。听到。有人。”


“在塞丝让她意识到更糟糕的事情之前离开——比那糟糕得多——是贝比·萨格斯死于什么，埃拉知道什么，斯坦普看到了什么，以及让保罗·D颤抖的原因。任何白人都可以随心所欲地把你的整个自我据为己有。不仅仅是工作、杀戮或残害你，而是弄脏你。把你弄脏得如此厉害，以至于你不再喜欢自己。把你弄脏得如此厉害，以至于你忘记了你是谁，也想不起来了。尽管她和其他人经历了这些并克服了它，但她永远不会让这种事情发生在她自己身上。她最好的东西是她的孩子。白人可能会把她弄脏，但不会弄脏她最好的东西，她美丽的、神奇的最好的东西——她干净的那部分。”




我认为关于这些引语没有太多可说的。它们不仅显示了莫里森在她自己的技艺上的卓越，还追溯了塞丝所经历的旅程，从害怕自由，到珍惜自由，感觉她的自由（以及她所爱的人的自由）是有限的，但也意识到声称空间（自由）和说话/让自己被听到是多么重要，同时也意识到仅仅通过孩子来定义自己并无法把自己放在第一位所带来的局限性。

塞丝有很多要学的。我们也是。莫里森向我们展示了一条黑人女性自由真正可能是什么样子的可能道路。为此，我们将永远珍惜她。此外，正如她在小说的题词中所写的——“六千万及更多”——我们永远不会忘记我们的祖先和在我们之前走过和战斗过的人们。我们所做的一切，都是为了他们。