Prompt: After reading the chapter excerpts from Beloved, the 1619 project article, and the interview article with Toni Morrison, explain how and why belonging to a community is so important today and in Sethe's time.

Directions: Answer the prompt in at least five sentences with at least two examples included from two of the three sources given in the prompt.

Rubric: Full points will be given to responses that fully answer the prompt with at least two examples given from two of the three sources. Answers with no examples given from the sources or less than five sentences will not be eligible for full points