1. Fact: Macon Dead is Milkman's father and a prominent businessman in the Community.
2. Macon's quest to obtain the wealth of white people has lead him to become a white person in all but the color of his skin.
3. The Motif of African American Amalgamation plays a very large role in the development of Macon's character. Macon, when faced with the conflicts between Whites and Blacks, chooses to emulate white behavior through business but is unable to assimilate.
4. Guitar- "Your father is a very strange Negro. He'll reap the benefits of what we sow, and there's nothing we can do about that/ He behaves like a white man, thinks like a white man. As a matter of fact, I'm glad you brought him up. Maybe you can tell me how, after losing everything his own father worked for to some crackers, after seeing his father shot down by the, how can he keep his knees bent?" Milkman- "My Father doesn't care whether a white man lives or swallows lye. He just wants what they have." (Morrison 223-224).
5. This passage shows how people close to Macon see that his behavior is abnormal for an African-American and that he is a negative power in the community. Macon does not want to cause harm but "only wants what they (White People) have.
6. An interesting aspect of Macon is his interaction with his family in how he actively tries to control or, in the case of Milkman, end their lives but at times shows affection to them.
2 comments:
The Motif of African American Amalgamation plays a very large role in the development of Macon's character. As the character develops, you see how he is connected to this motif. The motif cannot shape character. YOU see that he is the product of his society. The motif is for the larger picture and how the whole story is connected together.
This passage shows how people --do not use this expression. By doing so, you are using the passage to explain rather than continueing the development of your interpretation.
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