He is then driven towards a quest of stealing a sack of gold from his aunt, Pilate, with his good friend Guitar. When he discovers that the sack was not filled with gold, rather the bones of his great grandfather, he begins the adventure back to his father’s place of birth to settle whether this sack of gold really does exist. On his journey, he does not find the sack of gold, yet on another leve

Song of Solomon does not simply portray the heroic story of a man’s transformation; it is also a perfect reflection of the real world during the time. The black community’s struggles at this time were difficult, yet improvements were beginning to appear, and several different attitudes were seen throughout the community and each of them were very well demonstrated through the many characters in the novel. We have first Macon Dead II, Milkman’s father, who best embodies the attitude of adopting the white way of life. Money is his prime concern, and will do anything in his power to acquire more and more; he is the prime example of black people attempting to imitate the white man in order to succeed. Pilate on the other hand is on the complete opposite extreme. She has a complete disregard for all of the white man’s values, wealth, education and attainment of respect and instead takes pride in herself and her work rather than her personal wealth and stature. Guitar is the depiction of the third type of the population, the vengeful anarchist. Guitar seeks equality through violence; he is a member of the seven days organization that kills white pe

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