Fight for Freedom in Toni Morrisons The Song of Solomon :: Song of Solomon Essays

Fight for Freedom in Toni Morrisons The Song of SolomonThe scream that boomed down the cave tunnel and woke the crazy came just when Macon thought that he had taken his last living breath. The bleeding man turned toward the direction of the scream and looked at the colored girlfriend long enough for Macon to pull out his knife and bring it down the old mans back. He crashed forward, then turned his head to look at them. His mouth moved and he mumbles something that sounds like What for? Macon stabbed him again and again until he stopped moving his mouth, stop trying to talk and stopped parachuting and twitching on the ground (pg. 171). This is an excerpt for the novel The Song of Solomon (1987), by Toni Morrison. Macon one of the main characters, scarcely a child at the time, kills a man whom he thinks is threatening him and his sisters, Pilate, life. After killing the man the two children travel to the mans camp where they discover three bags of notes. Macon also sees, the dus ty boots of his farther (pg 170). Becoming alarmed, Pilate says, It is Papa. To her cry a voice whispers sing, sing. Macon greedily packs up the gold while Pilate searchers franticall(a)y for their farther. After a terrible argue the two separate. Ironically years later they end up living in the same small Michigan town. Macon and Pilate hate and their family secret all the while still grows in differnt directions. Macon moves on with his life and marries Ruth. The couple have three children, Lean, First Corinthians, and Macon who receives the nickname of Milkman.Milkman being interested in Pilate granddaughter, spends a great deal of his childhood at Pilates house--despite his fathers disapproval. After living at home for the past thirty years Milkman becomes swamped with his family secret. His farther claims that Pilate stole the gold from the man his killed camp sight. And Pilate claims the bag of her inheritance only to be bones. Becoming frustrated, Milkman sets out to find t he truth of his family fude. Toni Morrisons mystery novel keeps the readers curiosity,as she write her storyline about the modus vivendi of a black society in the 1980s. Within this black society, the people are pursuing their freedom. Toni theme of her novel is freedom, and each character can only obtain their freedom by one of two paths.