![]() ![]() She was always looked at as an oddity from the lack of her navel to her eccentric aura and demeanor. This characterizes Milkman’s outlook on Pilate. Milkman’s leap in the ending happens over Pilate’s body who had been accidentally shot. For the community, flying is a heroic act, thus Milkman is less alienated once he affirms his belief in the possibility of flight. ![]() Flight for these characters are an act done with the motivation of demanding for progress. Smith, like Milkman later on in the story, wishes that his flight would cause change in how things currently are. Milkman’s suspicions on the possibility of flight versus the common belief of the community causes him to feel alienated and isolated among the crowds, being looked upon as a strange child. Smith realized after jumping off the building. ![]() The day after Smith’s death, Milkman was born and upon growing up, became very disappointed upon finding out that humans are not able to fly, which Mr. The transition from Smith’s leap to the introduction of the main lead, Macon Dead III aka Milkman, was made through a comparison of Smith’s and Milkman’s characters. This pushes the novel towards the genre of magical realism, because the characters in Song of Solomon believe that human flight is possible. Additionally, those in Shalimar also believe that the story regarding Solomon’s flight is a literal story and actually occurred. Suicide is generally regarded as a negative event however, in the novel, those watching him do not seem to understand that this leads to death and further encourages him and celebrates the act because they interpret this as an attempt at flying. Smith aims to ‘fly’ in the novel by literally leaping off a roof. The act of committing suicide usually indicates that the person wishes to escape the feeling of suffering, to fly towards a better place, but the person does not realize that although he/she is liberated, those who are left behind will end up hurting. Robert Smith’s suicide attempt during the opening of the book. The first instance of flight was portrayed by Mr. This could indicate the desire to escape an unfavorable situation, moving to greener pastures, but it does not necessarily escape the consequences arising from the ‘flight.’ The fathers who soared may have left the children who eventually grew to know their names. From the very beginning of the novel, the epigraph (“The fathers may soar / And the children may know their names”) already establishes that flying, symbolized in various manners, would be a prominent motif in the novel. The concept of flight is a motif that is displayed all throughout Song of Solomon. ![]()
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