Blog Post 15

AT the start and end of this novel Flying is introduced and used. Throughout the novel we see many men trying to fly away from there problems, Robert Smith being the first one. He was not liked by the community because due to his job, he had to take everybody money. Nobody likes a insurance agent. This puts Robert in a very bad spot causing him to want to run from his lack of security and problems. When Robert jumped from the building he is giving up all his responsibility's. In the book i look at is as a way men give up on life and release all there problems to other people. This is a major theme repeated frequently in the book. To me this is a very selfish way for people to get rid of problems because it affects much more then themselves. It affects there family, friends, and people that witness the event. Later in the novel we see Solomon try to fly away leaving his children and wife. This is weird tho because Milkman viewed him as a hero. While we don't see any women in the book try to fly away form there problems, I think the author uses men to stand for everyone. I have mixed thoughts on what Toni's main point she is trying to put across to her readers is, but the one point I do understand was well put by using the "flying" method.