Relationship Between Guitar And Guitar In Song Of Solomon

Milkman and Guitar: A Character Sketch and Responses to Racism Toni Morrison brilliantly orchestrates a unique friendship between two young men to tackle the themes of racism, beliefs, affluence and friendship in the novel Song of Solomon. Guitar and Milkman develop a unique friendship throughout the duration of the novel. They went on several life-changing adventures that helped them to understand the many different facets of life. Together, they aided in each other’s individual growth and eventual demise, as they transitioned from teenagers to adults. We first meet Guitar and Milkman when they were teenagers, Milkman was twelve years old and Guitar was a high school student who was a bit older. Guitar was older and therefore had acquired …show more content…
Their friendship was much more than hanging out at Railroad Tommy’s barbershop. Milkman looked to him for advice and guitar counseled him, as only he knew how. The difference in both their thinking process often cause them to have differences on several issues. Guitar’s impulsive nature often clashes with Milkman’s premeditated thinking. However, Guitar knows Milkman’s deepest desire of being free. Guitar uses the imagery of a peacock to describe Milkman’s current emotional state. He states that the peacock has “too much tail”, he compare the elaborate tail of the peacock to the baggage that is keeping milkman from being physically and emotionally free to explore who he is. He assures milkman that the only way to be free is “to give up the shit that weighs you down”. Guitar, who is a free spirit, know exactly what Milkman needs to do in order to achieve his …show more content…
Dr. Foster and Macon Dead Senor, his grandfather and father respectively were both wealthy and successful black men. Dr. Foster only considered Macon “as a gentleman friend for Miss Foster since, at twenty-five, he was already a colored man with property. Here Dr. Foster chooses to alienate himself and his daughter from his own people only allowing a negro to court her because he had acquire wealth. Macon Dead Senor, who comes from humble beginning, adopts this attitude, which is ironic since he detests Dr. Foster. He too alienates his family from the black community, the same people who for years had been lining his pocket with their rent money. Macon Dead Jr. feels pressured to continue this new family tradition started by his grandfather and father. He has no desire to live that way and wants nothing more than to be free of the material things that his last name came with. Milkman was not interested in fighting for a cause. He was more concerned about finding his