The Peacock
The peacock first randomly appears in the used car lot where Milkman and Guitar are hanging out, considering all of the things they will buy and do...The Southside district in a city near Lake Superior; Danville, Pennsylvania; Shalimar, Virginia
Setting in Song of Solomon is as important as candy is i...Third Person (Limited Omniscient)
Have you ever noticed that the word "ominous" is almost inside of the word "omniscient?" OK, maybe only the first two letters...Adventure; Coming-Of-Age; Magical Realism; Folklore, Legend, and Mythology; Mystery; Quest; Tragedy; African-American Literature
Oh yes, we went there. Never f...Dense, loaded, locked, stormy
Well, let’s just take the very first sentence of the novel. It seems neutral, placid, and without the emotion to tell us ho...A Jacob Lawrence painting engages Homer’s Odyssey over ginger tea.
Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000) is one of the most renowned American painters of all...The "Song of Solomon" is both folkloric and Biblical in origin. Before we feast our eyes on Toni Morrison’s novel, we know that songs are going to feature largely, and that this novel may eve...
The fathers may soar
And the children may know their names
By the time we get to the epigraph, we already know we have a song and a guy named Solomon on our hands. The epigraph hel...
Guitar puts his gun down. We just got so worked up when that happened. This ending is highly and brilliantly ambiguous. We know these facts to be true:
- Milkman and Pilate bury Ja...
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