Song Of Solomon Character Analysis

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Minahil Kamran Dr. Templin HON 2020 10 October 2014 Insane Bains Often times, characters in a novel are labeled as “minor” and “major.” This can be viewed as disappointing because many readers believe that each character plays an equal and important part in the book, and therefore should not be labeled these two terms. The story would not be as enjoyable and acknowledged if it was missing characters that are considered “minor.” Toni Morrison’s novel, Song of Solomon, is a realm that is filled with diverse individuals who each have a story to tell through their feelings and actions. Even though the novel mainly revolves around the story of Milkman, there are characters who have an affect on his life. These characters’ lives are interesting…show more content…
This group is responsible for revenge killings against Caucasians. In his mind, Guitar thinks that the killings that the group is accountable for are justified, as the black to white racial ratio should be equal. He is an intelligent man. He uses his extensive knowledge and elaborate arguments on the history of inhumane treatment towards certain groups of people to convince Milkman that most white people, like Hitler, are unnatural and must be killed. Readers can understand this point of his since he lives in a time period when there is great tension between Caucasians and African-Americans. He tells Milkman that “when a Negro child, Negro woman, or Negro man is killed by whites and nothing is done about it by their law and their courts, this society selects a similar victim at random, and they execute him or her in a similar manner if they can (Morrison 154). ” When Guitar explains to him about the Seven Days, Milkman speaks on behalf of what is going on in the reader’s mind. He questions Guitar on why the Seven Days group does not kill the whites who kill blacks instead of killing the whites who are innocent. Guitar has such deep hatred in his heart for whites that he just assumes every white person wants to kill people of his race. His hatred arises from stories that he has been told about white people who got away with the murder of blacks. His anger also arises from his damaging childhood experiences involving
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