Chapter 4
TAKE NOTE AND SELECT APPROPRIATELY
Hagar: Jan-April Birthdays
Pilate: May-August birthdays
Ruth: Sept. - Dec. Birthdays
For your assigned character (Hagar, Pilate, Ruth), please
answer the following question. Take note of AT LEAST one significant
quotation (more is better). You may refer to evidence in
ch. 4 that relates to this question, if you wish.
What issues and themes does Morrison want to explore through
the women of Song of Solomon? What
recurring motifs and images (concerning women) do you see? How are they significant? Do the stories/significant events of chapter
5 make you sympathize with your assigned character? Why or why not?Be complete and thorough in your response
Hmmmm, this is problematic: no posts for the 1st blog.
ReplyDeleteMorrison uses Ruth as a symbol of women who let a sexist society define them and and are stuck in that state of relying on men for their support. This image was contrasted when Macon had first told her to abort Milkman and she stayed firm and didn't do as he said. I really don't sympathize with my character because I feel her ways of pleasure is through incest and I understand that she wants attention. It that's not the way to get it. -SanJuana Aguilar
ReplyDeleteMorrison uses Ruth to show the dependence that some women have toward men and how much it can affect their lives. Throughout the novel we see women being abandoned by men either intentionally or unintentionally. In Ruth's case her father's death marked her abandonment as she strived for attention and he was the only one that ever truly gave her that feeling of pleasure. The manner in which she received that pleasure, however, was very unnerving and wrong which is why I wish Ruth had found an alternative method to feed her desire.
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