On reading Beloved by Toni Morrison and Don Quixote by Kathy Acker, there seem to be quite a few similarities in themes and characters contained in these texts, the most prevalent of which seems to be of love and language as a path to freedom. We see in Acker's Don Quixote the abortion she must have before she embarks on a quest for true freedom, which is to love. Similarly, in Morrison's Beloved, there is …showed first 75 words of 1643 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1643 total…are searching for a language they can use and understand and know with the 'word-shapes' that they are given. They are both on quests to find love and freedom that are not a product of 'slavery.' They both are in search of a name, an identity, that is not a product of an 'abortion.' They are both childlike yet adult, trying to understand. And neither of them are asking for, or offering, forgiveness.