Who Is Flying In Toni Morrison's Song Of Solomon
Song of Solomon - Flying
The book, Song of Solomon, is a story about a hero – a black(African) man called Milkman Dead. The story talks about how Milkman discovered the history of his family, and his upbringing. In fact, Milkman’s and his family’s history reflect on the situation of all black people living in that society. “Flying” is an important facto in the story. The author, Toni Morrison, who is a black woman, explains many different styles of flying of different persons such as Milkman’s grandfather, his father, his aunt, and his friend(s?). Black people view the “flying” as a dream. They all want to fly. However, flying has different meanings to different people. The story began with a black man called Robert Smith jumping down the roof of a hospital. However, the author used a wonderful word “flying” instead of “jump”. Robert Smith also saw death as flying since “Two days before the event was to take place he tacked a note on the door of his little yellow house: At 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday the 18th of February, 1931, I will take off from Mercy and fly away on my own wings. Please forgive me. I love you …show more content…
He had a very different life comparing to Milkman’s since he was a poor black man. His flying was shown as… He could not use the money or authority to change the world of black people, but he chose to join the “Seven Days” group to change the black people’s world. He told Milkman that he joined “Seven Days” because he wanted to do something to help the black people. He tried to change the black people and their lives, “I told you. Numbers. Balance. Ratio. And the earth, the land” (Morrison 158), and “The earth is soggy with black people’s blood. And before us Indian blood. Nothing can cure them, and if it keeps on there won’t be any of us left and there won’t be any land for those who are left. So the numbers have to remain static” (Morrison
The book, Song of Solomon, is a story about a hero – a black(African) man called Milkman Dead. The story talks about how Milkman discovered the history of his family, and his upbringing. In fact, Milkman’s and his family’s history reflect on the situation of all black people living in that society. “Flying” is an important facto in the story. The author, Toni Morrison, who is a black woman, explains many different styles of flying of different persons such as Milkman’s grandfather, his father, his aunt, and his friend(s?). Black people view the “flying” as a dream. They all want to fly. However, flying has different meanings to different people. The story began with a black man called Robert Smith jumping down the roof of a hospital. However, the author used a wonderful word “flying” instead of “jump”. Robert Smith also saw death as flying since “Two days before the event was to take place he tacked a note on the door of his little yellow house: At 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday the 18th of February, 1931, I will take off from Mercy and fly away on my own wings. Please forgive me. I love you …show more content…
He had a very different life comparing to Milkman’s since he was a poor black man. His flying was shown as… He could not use the money or authority to change the world of black people, but he chose to join the “Seven Days” group to change the black people’s world. He told Milkman that he joined “Seven Days” because he wanted to do something to help the black people. He tried to change the black people and their lives, “I told you. Numbers. Balance. Ratio. And the earth, the land” (Morrison 158), and “The earth is soggy with black people’s blood. And before us Indian blood. Nothing can cure them, and if it keeps on there won’t be any of us left and there won’t be any land for those who are left. So the numbers have to remain static” (Morrison