Toni Morrison's Song Of Solomon

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As children soar their way into adulthood every experiences they will go through will play an important part in their journey.We will all experience joy, love, hatred, and pain in our individuals lives that make us become the person who we are today and the future. Our character can only be created by our individual life experiences that will create those bonds, life skills, and memories. We will want to share our “findings” with others so they can understand a piece of ourselves. Our most explicit experiences is created by a trail we go through to show us how we learned and grown . In Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, the time of the youngest Dead, Milkman (Macon Dead III) as he transition from a black man into a benevolent adult
Guitar wants to help Milkman how to find himself and know himself because no matter where Milkman is in this world, even in the “North Pole” (pg 117) no one will accept him the way he is. Milkman’s indifference to the color of his skin will make a wasted black man and Guitar is worried for his friend that he might end up as a dead corpse on the ground. Guitar trusted Milkman to let him know that he was in a secret society which was called ‘Seven Days’. The Seven Days were composed of seven black men including Guitar to bring a balance ratio in the world. Whenever a black person is killed by whites and nothing is done about it by the white men laws or courts, a random white person are executed in the same manner as the black person was killed. Guitar fights this injustice world with vengeance which his habit will make him strike Milkman. “I don't mean that why. I don't mean they want your dead life; they want your living life… Everybody wants the life of a black man.” (pg 222) this foreshadows a scene when Guitar is hunting down Milkman to take his living life away from him. Guitar’s greed forces him to try to take his best friend life. Guitar was an exceptional person became he can save milkman life and take it away from him. Guitar teaches Milkman in order for him to fly, Milkman must let go his
The only women he ever love was Pilate, so when she died he abandoned his callous ways. Milkman felt sympathy for his family and regrets his treatment to his family. When a bird swoops up and grabs her box, Milkman understands that Pilate spirit is always flying and touching the ground. What does it mean to be wise and old? Is it by having all the knowledge in the world or having the experiences to show yourself how to love or hate? Milkman has proven himself that he can live in a world in negligence just by turning his world into green. Necessarily, it’s not wrong of Milkman to make himself isolated from the racial hatred that rom around his surroundings through his wealth. By making his own legacy in finding his ancestor footsteps he obtained strength, youthfulness, and love that comes from his African-American cultural traditions. Milkman learned through Pilate that humans can fly like the birds and