Guiding Question: Why does Toni Morrison include the concept of membership in the Song of Solomon?
Claim: Morrison uses membership as a way to show character's inner conflict, also to present us that membership isn’t a concept that is needed.
Consequence: Membership is an important concept in the novel and plays a major role characterizing people. We can see in a membership how it causes more harm than help. This can explain the reason of characters downfall. Membership seems as a concept that everyone needs, however we can see people live without it.
Moments to Re-Examine: Names is a major membership that Milkman interacts with. His father, and grandfather are also Macon Dead. This encourages Milkman to search for his family's history …show more content…
Morrison used literary devices such as symbolism and motif. We can see how Guitars eyes symbolizes the change in character. Guitars eyes was once considered “gold” however towards the final chapters we began to see how his eyes lost that shine. The gold probably can also symbolize Guitars desire of gold. However, when he joined the Seven Days the desire turned to obsession. Morrison also uses many connections which makes the reader go back and forth in the text. We can see how the relationship between Milkman and Guitar is parallel to the same kind of relationship between Macon and Pilate. We can see how Guitars obsession of gold is one reason why he might’ve turned his back on Milkman. The same goes for Macon Dead. Macon would’ve killed Pilate if he had a hold of the knife. We can also see Morrison include the motif of the jungle. The jungle can be seen in chapter 10 in the Hansel and Gretel scene. The jungle represents everyone's inner conflict, and they are trying to find a way out. Milkman for example, is trying to find his family history. He is taking a route where he is understanding what is going on instead of the route to false
Claim: Morrison uses membership as a way to show character's inner conflict, also to present us that membership isn’t a concept that is needed.
Consequence: Membership is an important concept in the novel and plays a major role characterizing people. We can see in a membership how it causes more harm than help. This can explain the reason of characters downfall. Membership seems as a concept that everyone needs, however we can see people live without it.
Moments to Re-Examine: Names is a major membership that Milkman interacts with. His father, and grandfather are also Macon Dead. This encourages Milkman to search for his family's history …show more content…
Morrison used literary devices such as symbolism and motif. We can see how Guitars eyes symbolizes the change in character. Guitars eyes was once considered “gold” however towards the final chapters we began to see how his eyes lost that shine. The gold probably can also symbolize Guitars desire of gold. However, when he joined the Seven Days the desire turned to obsession. Morrison also uses many connections which makes the reader go back and forth in the text. We can see how the relationship between Milkman and Guitar is parallel to the same kind of relationship between Macon and Pilate. We can see how Guitars obsession of gold is one reason why he might’ve turned his back on Milkman. The same goes for Macon Dead. Macon would’ve killed Pilate if he had a hold of the knife. We can also see Morrison include the motif of the jungle. The jungle can be seen in chapter 10 in the Hansel and Gretel scene. The jungle represents everyone's inner conflict, and they are trying to find a way out. Milkman for example, is trying to find his family history. He is taking a route where he is understanding what is going on instead of the route to false