Tuesday, May 20, 2008
With Struggle Comes Happiness
Even with all of these struggles that each character faces family and the discoveries that they make learning about the greatness of their families and love are what comes out in the end. This shows the strength that I believe to be within every African American.
Song of Solomon
In Song of Solomon the struggles that are apparent in the African American is emphasized as something that is passed down from generation to generation. The character of Milkman has recieved the emotional disease that makes him emotionless, even with all of the compassion that his family gives him. It is expressed that this is something that has been passed down through generations and it is something that will continue. This gives me the idea that Morrison portrays the struggles that African Americans face is inescapable. It is almost that it is their destiny.
Milkman also feels confined which I also believe to be a struggle that African Americans face.
In this novel, money is also something that they struggle with. It being that over 50% of the African Americans in the US suffer from poverty I still see that this is a major issue.
That feeling of revenge is also something that African-Americans most struggle with. Because of their constant reminding that whites have supressed their people for so long they feel the constant need to seek revenge. In this novel they have a secret society called Seven Days which murders innocent whites for the injustices of African Americans. They feel that this effort to kill whites compensates for the injustices that the African Americans face.
In this novel it also becomes evident that discovery and the lack of knowledge amout one's ancestry is yet another struggle. Milkman goes on a voyage to find traces of his family history.
Another struggle which has been shown in Beloved as well is the sadness that wives face when they are seperated from their husbands. Often times it drives them to go crazy as did Milkman's great-grandmother as well as Milkman's love Hagar.
Milkman also feels confined which I also believe to be a struggle that African Americans face.
In this novel, money is also something that they struggle with. It being that over 50% of the African Americans in the US suffer from poverty I still see that this is a major issue.
That feeling of revenge is also something that African-Americans most struggle with. Because of their constant reminding that whites have supressed their people for so long they feel the constant need to seek revenge. In this novel they have a secret society called Seven Days which murders innocent whites for the injustices of African Americans. They feel that this effort to kill whites compensates for the injustices that the African Americans face.
In this novel it also becomes evident that discovery and the lack of knowledge amout one's ancestry is yet another struggle. Milkman goes on a voyage to find traces of his family history.
Another struggle which has been shown in Beloved as well is the sadness that wives face when they are seperated from their husbands. Often times it drives them to go crazy as did Milkman's great-grandmother as well as Milkman's love Hagar.
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