Song Of Solomon Analysis
CHAPTER
Chapter 2
LITERARY ELEMENT
Theme
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35
SPECIFIC TEXT
“He wet on me,” she said. “He wet me, Mama.” She was close to tears . Ruth clucked her tongue.
Corinthians laughed. “I told you Negroes didn’t like water.” He didn’t mean it. It happened before he was through. She’d stepped away to pick flowers, returned, and at the sound of her footsteps behind him, he’d turned around before he was through. It was becoming a habitthis concentration on things behind him. Almost as though there were no future to be had.
ANALYSIS NOTES
In the novel Morrison uses this Theme of things behind
Milkman as a set up for his character. Milkman throughout the novel is concerned about past events.
What happened between his mom and her dad, what happened between his dad and his aunt and so on. So to use this theme early on in the book helps the reader ease into his character, someone who isn't concerned about the future but rather what has already happened. CHAPTER
Chapter 2
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3132
SPECIFIC TEXT
For the boy it was simply a burden. Pressed in the front seat between his parents, he could see only the winged woman careening off the nose of the car. He was not allowed to sit on his mother’s lap during the drivenot because she wouldn’t have it, but because his father objected to it. So it was only but kneeling on the dove grey seat and looking out the back window that he could see anything other than the laps feet and hand of his parents, the dashboard, or the silver winged woman poised at the tip of the Packard.
ANALYSIS NOTES
Morrison, as well as introducing the theme of Milkman being unable to see anything in front of him, also introduces him being stuck between his parents.
Morrison uses this car ride to introduce key themes throughout the book. The theme of Milkman being stuck between his parents is shown later in the book
when he is a grown adult and still living with them,
Chapter 2
LITERARY ELEMENT
Theme
PAGE/S IDENTIFIED
35
SPECIFIC TEXT
“He wet on me,” she said. “He wet me, Mama.” She was close to tears . Ruth clucked her tongue.
Corinthians laughed. “I told you Negroes didn’t like water.” He didn’t mean it. It happened before he was through. She’d stepped away to pick flowers, returned, and at the sound of her footsteps behind him, he’d turned around before he was through. It was becoming a habitthis concentration on things behind him. Almost as though there were no future to be had.
ANALYSIS NOTES
In the novel Morrison uses this Theme of things behind
Milkman as a set up for his character. Milkman throughout the novel is concerned about past events.
What happened between his mom and her dad, what happened between his dad and his aunt and so on. So to use this theme early on in the book helps the reader ease into his character, someone who isn't concerned about the future but rather what has already happened. CHAPTER
Chapter 2
PAGE/S IDENTIFIED
3132
SPECIFIC TEXT
For the boy it was simply a burden. Pressed in the front seat between his parents, he could see only the winged woman careening off the nose of the car. He was not allowed to sit on his mother’s lap during the drivenot because she wouldn’t have it, but because his father objected to it. So it was only but kneeling on the dove grey seat and looking out the back window that he could see anything other than the laps feet and hand of his parents, the dashboard, or the silver winged woman poised at the tip of the Packard.
ANALYSIS NOTES
Morrison, as well as introducing the theme of Milkman being unable to see anything in front of him, also introduces him being stuck between his parents.
Morrison uses this car ride to introduce key themes throughout the book. The theme of Milkman being stuck between his parents is shown later in the book
when he is a grown adult and still living with them,