1. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
... behind her transformation and descent. Hagar exemplifies the result of an overbearing essence of love without reciprocation. The beliefs of the Southside community emphasizes the discussion of love over the course of this novel. The author remarks that the community "had seen women pull ... their dresses over their heads and howl like dogs for lost love" (128). They had said to themselves, "thank God I ain't never had one of them graveyard loves" (128). The author ... sets up a foreshadow to the result of loving too much. Hagar, like the women described, is blindly devoted to Milkman an...
- Word Count: 1436
- Approx Pages: 6
- Grade Level: Undergraduate