The Song of Solomon - What's in a Name? Toni Morrison's award-winning novel Song of Solomon is full of very interesting, deep symbolism. ... Though Milkman is a very symbolic character in Song of Solomon, he is not the only one. ... Finally, Guitar is also a very symbolic character in Toni Morrison's novel. ... The combination of these elements brought together by Toni Morrison's very unique writing style is what makes this novel such a distinguished work of American Literature....

• Word Count: 890
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

While exploring these various emotions, Toni Morrison also changes the styles in each novel. ... As Soaphead drifts off to sleep after writing a letter to God for Pecola, she becomes angered. ... "According to Snitow, Beloved "staggers under the terror of its material-as so much holocaust writing does and must"" (Metzger 415). ... The novel, Song of Solomon, is concentrated on the character, Macon Dead III. ... Milkman journeys to Virginia to later find out that there is a folk song about his great-grandfather. ...

• Word Count: 2522
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout her writing, Morrison continuously focuses on her readers being emotionally connected to the story, as she believes that it reminds the reader about their heritage and most importantly, place in society. ... Her mother's parents, Ardelia and John Solomon Willis, left Greenville Alabama around 1910 after they lost a farm due to debts that they could not repay. ... She also enjoyed lecturing across the country, teaching part-time, and writing many novels ("Toni Morrison Biography"). ... " Her writing is definitely influenced by how she views her writing functionin...

• Word Count: 2626
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 1977, Morrison won the National Book Critics Circle Award for her book Song of Solomon. ... Morrisons writing technique is very different from other novelists. ... Both Morrison and Dickinson have a unique writing style. ... After Dickinson was advised by Higginson not to publish her works, she kept on writing and creating new works without trying to change her writing style. ... Basically, what they have in common is the fact that their writing styles differ from that of other writers. ...

• Word Count: 1665
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School