Names & Identity by https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw Song of Solomon en-us 2018-12-17 18:25:33 UTC 2025-03-19 23:48:11 UTC hello@padlet.com Macon Dead The 3rd ~ The Main character of the whole novel, known as Macon Dead III or Milkman grows up to be a self centered person, lacking compassion, but mainly due to the time period and different lifestyle in which he is brought up around. langre268 https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316329718 When Freddie see's Ruth breastfeeding he then  gives Macon his nickname ¨Milkman¨. He inherited his real from his illiterate father, Macon Dead I after a drunk Union soldier incorrectly filled out his i d card.]]> 2018-12-21 02:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316329718 Names in the novel Song of Solomon have a lot to do with Identity and alo have tons of prior meaning. langre268 https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316335264 2018-12-21 03:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316335264 Guitar Bains ~ Guitar is Milkman’s best friend who has grown up poor after his father was killed in a factory accident, Guitar holds a lifelong hatred towards white people, because he believes they are responsible for all evil in the entire world. Morrison makes it a point to show that though Guitar’s anger is justifiable, his murders of white people neither stop racism nor help the black community in anyway. langre268 https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316339620 2018-12-21 04:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316339620 Milkman tries to tell Guitar about how many whites have made sacrifices on the behalf of Blacks. He then asks why he wont just change his name, like Malcom X did to show that he refuses to keep his “slave name.” Guitar answers that his slave name Bains, doesn't bother him only the slave status. Then Milkman begs Guitar to see him and others as normal people rather than color (ch. 6 ). langre268 https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316343744 In 1964, Malcolm X made a pilgrimage to Mecca and changed  his name to el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz.  The X he felt represented how he didnt recieve an African name.A name which he would have inherited if his ancestors were not taken from Africa. But the X also represents the symbol that was put on the arm of slaves, which shows Malcolm X’s name still told a story of the past. ]]> 2018-12-21 05:56:51 UTC https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316343744 Macon Dead. langre268 https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316431801 2018-12-21 16:32:20 UTC https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316431801 Guitar Bains. langre268 https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316432565 2018-12-21 16:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316432565 Pilate Dead. langre268 https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316435058 2018-12-21 16:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316435058 Macon Jrs little sister who is born without a navel, Pilate views and sees things differently unlike the other characters. She's a fearless mother and is responsible for Milkman’s birth. She continues to protect him for years after. langre268 https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316435494 2018-12-21 16:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316435494 Pilate got her name from the bible. Her father stuck a pin into the Bible and it landed on Pilate, the man who oversaw the execution of Jesus. Everyone tells Macon Sr. he should try again and pick a new name due to the negative connection but he sees it as if her name was chosen that way for a reason. langre268 https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316436796
In some sense Macon of course wouldn't want his daughter to live up to such a controversial name, but in this case Pilate does not allow her name to defy her as a person nor shape te structure of how her life will be.]]> 2018-12-21 16:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316436796 All the men inherit their name from their fathers so they continue to be passed down. For All the women a pin is stuck into the Bible, and the name is closest to the pin is the name she will be given. langre268 https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316438259 2018-12-21 17:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316438259 Not Doctor Street tells a story of the city’s attempt to silence a historical moment in the black community by attempting to strip them of the original name they gave it ¨Doctor's Street¨. langre268 https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316441215

]]> 2018-12-21 17:20:02 UTC https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316441215 The Seven Days are made up of seven black men who murder a white person at random on different days of the week. Whenever a black: man,woman,or child is murdered they kill the white male or female in a similar way. langre268 https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316443059
Morrison ties in the days of the week in my eyes to give the group of men a deeper meaning. Guitar is also one of the 7 days and believes that the killing are justifiable though milkman tries to tell him otherwise.]]> 2018-12-21 17:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316443059 7 DAYS langre268 https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316443104 2018-12-21 17:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316443104 Not Doctors St. langre268 https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316446294 2018-12-21 17:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/langre268/f9w6zbuqsfkw/wish/316446294