1. Themes of Flying in Song of Solomon
... own wings" (3). Mr. Smith prepares for his great escape from Mercy by flying away to his own freedom. Unable to live a life of his own, he realizes that the only way for him to be his own self is to fly away on his own wings. The only problem he faces is the idea that he does not know at all about his true identity ... to escape on his own wings because he does not have the ability to break free from the doll world he lives in. Even to his death, Mr. Smith is like a doll. He is described, "A stretcher came at last for the doll-broken body (all the more doll-like because there was no blo...
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