The thing that strikes me about the book is how Milkman the main character's age changes so muhc because first it starts off him being just a little boy and then towards the middel of the book he's around 30. Even though it's kind of confussing it makes it more interesting.
I would have to say that I do like the book because everything that happens is so surprising and I wouldn't expect it to happen. I'd rather read a book where I didnt know what's going to happen next insteadof book that I already know what's going to happen because then sometimes if you know what's going to happen next then the book gets boring.
How old is milkman towards chapter 10 and 11?
Why is Guitar in the 7 days if it doesn't even seem justified?
"any man, any woman, or any child is good for 5 to seven generations of heirs before theyre bred out. So every death is a death of 5 to 7 generations. you can't stop them from killing us, or trying to get rid of us. And everytime they succede they get rid of 5 to 7 generations. I help keep the numers the same."
This was a very interesting quote because it explianed the 7 day's that Guitar's in and it explains the racial killing problems that are going on at that time and how Guitar is trying to get revenge for all the black poeple who are getting killed.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Song if Solomon Response
So far I have read up to page 10, so I have been keeping track on reading every night. When I first started reading the book it was kind of confussing because it was talking about a man trying to "fly" off of a roof and kills himself, then right after that it goes into how the main character of the book (Macon Dead II a.k.a milkman) was born. Once I got past the first 3 chapters It was a little easier to understand and it got a lot more interesting. I'm still wondering why the author decided to start off with a man trying to fly at the begining of the book, but I'm guessing that maybe that man who killed himself had to do something with milkman's birth.
The thing I like about this book is that when your reading it, it's really hard to try to predict wat's going to happen next because a lot of unusuall things happen and since you didn't expect it to happen it makes the book a lot more interesting. In some books it gets boring when you already know what's going to happen next, but when new things are always happening it makes it so much more interesting and it makes e want to keep reading just to see what crazy thing is going to happen next. Such as I didn;t expect for the main character's name to be Milkman. Even though it's a weird name for a person, It's easier for the reader to remember the name and even the story behind the name and how he got the nickname was interesting to read about.
In some parts of the book it was hard to understand what was going on, but I kept reading to see if things later became clear, and they did. Such as in one part I didn't understand who Pilate was and why she didn't live with her brother (milkman), but after a while I started to notice that Pilate did not get along with Macon dead (the father) and it explained everything later on in the book, and once I read that, it made the book a lot more easier to understand because she is mentioned a lot in in the book. Once I had a good understanding on who each character was I took notes so later on I can look back if I happen to forget who some characters are.
After all this book seems to be getting a lot mroe interesting than I thought it would be. I'm about more than half way through my book and I can't wait to read the rest and find some new surprises allong the way.
The thing I like about this book is that when your reading it, it's really hard to try to predict wat's going to happen next because a lot of unusuall things happen and since you didn't expect it to happen it makes the book a lot more interesting. In some books it gets boring when you already know what's going to happen next, but when new things are always happening it makes it so much more interesting and it makes e want to keep reading just to see what crazy thing is going to happen next. Such as I didn;t expect for the main character's name to be Milkman. Even though it's a weird name for a person, It's easier for the reader to remember the name and even the story behind the name and how he got the nickname was interesting to read about.
In some parts of the book it was hard to understand what was going on, but I kept reading to see if things later became clear, and they did. Such as in one part I didn't understand who Pilate was and why she didn't live with her brother (milkman), but after a while I started to notice that Pilate did not get along with Macon dead (the father) and it explained everything later on in the book, and once I read that, it made the book a lot more easier to understand because she is mentioned a lot in in the book. Once I had a good understanding on who each character was I took notes so later on I can look back if I happen to forget who some characters are.
After all this book seems to be getting a lot mroe interesting than I thought it would be. I'm about more than half way through my book and I can't wait to read the rest and find some new surprises allong the way.
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