Song of Solomon Annotation and Halfway Reading Reflection
What has been most challenging thus far in your reading of Song of Solomon ? Thus far in my reading of Song of Solomon , the most challenging tasks I have encountered have been trying to piece together the novel’s storyline and the relationships between the characters and trying to understand the significance and symbolism behind the actual events of the story. For example, on page 78 in chapter 3 of Song of Solomon , I struggled to understand what was actually going on in this passage and what the significance of it was. In the middle of page 78, Morrison writes, “The street was even more crowded with people, all going in the direction [Milkman] was coming from … He realized that nobody was walking on the other side of the street.” Initially, I was confused by this passage because I did not know whether to interpret these events as literal or figurative. Moreover, I didn’t fully understand what this passage symbolized at first. How have you addressed this challenge? I