Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon (1977) is clearly Morrison's most elaborate, complex, and mature novel thus far. Its working title, "Milkman Dead," refers to the protagonist (this time, significantly, a man), whose search for his identity and roots is the central focus of the novel. Milkman, so called because his mother is seen nursing him when he is four years old, is the son of Macon Dead, a prosperous black businessman, and Ruth Foster Dead, the only daughter of the only black doctor in town. Macon Dead is emotionally estranged from his wife and from his idiosyncratic sister, Pilate, who lives across town with her illegitimate daughter and granddaughter. Macon's ironic advice to his son is "Own things. And let the things you own other things. Then you'll own yourself and other people too." At the instigation of his father, Milkman and his friend Guitar steal from Pilate's house a bag that reputedly contains gold nuggets, but in it, instead, are bones. Milkman goes south to trace the missing gold and is followed by Guitar, who thinks Milkman will try to keep the gold for himself. The novel ends ambiguously with Milkman leaping from a cliff to fight Guitar (Higgins, 145).

We now turn to one of the most characteristic features of the whole work: magical realism. Before starting, it is necessary to give an indication whether mild or subtle about the basis on which it sits. Magical realism is a literary movement that faithfully reflects some human thoughts and actions, but it provides a fundamental tone mythical element. The latter is usually related to the realism of an event as possible, but always surprising and, in general, is on the culture of a people or is closely related to a set of beliefs attached to the family. And this is another characteristic of magical realism: generations and generations are always on the basis of the stories told under this literary movement.

His name is Macon Dead, but his nickname is Milkman. The memory leads him back to his mother and more specifically to his childhood. Private for sex from her husband of twenty years, Ruth took refuge in a hidden pleasure and judged evil. Despite being too old to be breastfeeding, continued feeding Macon Dead III, although unnecessarily already sucked the milk from the breast. That gentle suction provided Ruth a secret pleasure in any other way I could enjoy. One day she was discovered by Freddie and was mortally embarrassed. Since then, the boy everyone called Lechero.

Besides this, we find the relationship between Lechero and Hagar, who are cousins. Sexual relationship and keep for years and ending with enough passion to after trying to assassinate him, she dies of love for him, as mentioned above. It seems important to mention or make reference to onomastics and the weight it has in the works. It is, first, Solomon or Shalimar, who all claim to be descendants in the village that bears his name and who sing about children in their ...