Overall Review on the Novel, "Song of Solomon

Overall I really enjoyed reading this novel! Although, I will say that the beginning of the novel was slow and I did not dive into the novel until part way through. This was when secrets were being revealed and the characters began to be more developed. I love how Morrison weaves her books together so that everything links back to one another. It just makes reading all the more interesting. Her characters are interesting because they have more than one dimension to them. She allows for the readers to relate to them because they have qualities that are on the readers level for example, Hagar. Hagar does not have all the same experiences that regular women or girls have, but they can understand her obsession or love for Milkman. She wants him for herself and when he just pushes her to the side, she goes kind of crazy, but for any girl who has just got her heartbroken she can understand this. It's thinks like this that make Morrison's novel that much more enticing to read. I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it to others.

Has Guitar Gone Mad?

I personally believe that Guitar has gone so crazy over the Seven Days and obsessed with getting the gold, that he has lost his sense of self. It has gotten to the point where Guitar tried to kill Milkman in order for him to receive all the gold and carry out his Seven Days mission. Guitar has lost his conscience because he obviously felt as though killing his best friend is the best solution to his problems, despite the entire message of the Seven Days is to kill a white in order to take a stand against black killings, but that time Guitar tried to kill an innocent man, Milkman. I am just astonished at Guitar's change in persona from the beginning when he was first induced into the Seven Days to his money crazed self. The point that put me over the edge was not the first time that Guitar tried to kill Milkman, but rather the second time. When Guitar accidentally killed Pilate, my entire perception of Guitar changed because he then had not tried to take one innocent life, but took one and was plotting another. Looking back at the novel, I cannot find hints that would point to this happening, I guess thats what Ms. Maxey meant when she said there was going to be a twist to the end of the novel!

Seven Days; Could you be a member?

      Guitar is one of the members of the Seven Days, a organization that is trying to fight back against the killings of blacks and is doing this by taking the lives of whites on the same day and in the same fashion that a black was killed. So, when Guitar is told that he has to kill little girls on a Sunday from the Bombings in Birmingham, he does not seem worried. What I am concerned about is how Guitar can not be nervous or scared to kill little girls? Heck if that were me, I would have been out of that town as fast as I could. The guilt would build in me and kill me slowly. Guitar sees this as an eye for an eye almost, but taking the lives of innocent white girls is just crossing a line in my opinion. I understand his reasoning behind all of it, but when it comes to taking a child's life, I feel strongly as though that should not be touched. Guitar, on the other hand, does not see on my level. He even begins to go stir crazy because he has not gotten the money to get his killing in set up, and almost kills Milkman over this. The idea of Seven Days envelopes Guitar so much that he becomes obsessed with it and is willing to take the lives of innocent civilians, a task that I would never be able to accomplish. So, if you were elected to be a member of the Seven Days, would you accept the nomination and be able to kill innocent people without letting it affect you?