Sethe's desire to be loved drives Sethe to become completely dependent on Beloved. Sethe's lack of love leads her to believe that if Beloved is happy, everything will be okay. In an attempt at love, Sethe becomes Beloved's prisoner: "All she wanted she got, and when Sethe ran out of things to give her, Beloved invented desire." (Morrison 240) Sethe's effort to satisfy Beloved is an attempt to escape from her past, "Denver thought she understood the connection between her mother and Beloved: Sethe was trying to make up for the handsaw." (Morrison 251) Sethe is so concerned with pleasing Beloved that she gets fired from her job and spends all her time satisfying Beloved's needs. Sethe sinks to the point of stopping eating to give the Beloved a sufficient amount of food: "The hungrier they were, the weaker they became." (Morrison 239) The reason Sethe resorts to such extreme measures to coexist through Beloved is because she feels that her life with Beloved will make her happy. Sethe is extremely vulnerable to anyone who shows her attention because she has never been close to love before. Sethe no longer wants to take part in a life in which it is possible to “hide in its bosom, touch its land, cling to its banks to lap the water and try not to love it”. (Morrison 268) Sethe has such a desire to love someone, that she abandons the rest of her life for the opportunity to take part in a loving relationship. Sethe's loveless past places her in a love triangle. He doesn't know who to love; herself, Beloved or Denver. It is not until the end of the novel that Paul D says to Sethe, “you (Sethe) are the best thing, Sethe. You are,” (273) with which Sethe realizes that she must find love within herself before she can learn to love someone