Flight As A Means Of Escape

This image only further showcases how flight as a means of escape has a negative connotation throughout the novel. For the man with the child, while trying to escape in reality lost his child. This only emphasizes the fact that as Milkman continues to fly and escape his roots that it will eventually all come crashed down, as seen by Milkman returning to his home in the Midwest. The image this passage creates is important because it highlights the underlying theme of flight throughout the novel and how flight is used by a means of escape throughout it; likewise, flight also helps Milkman become a better person, as he changes from a man just like his father, to a selfless man, willing to sacrifice