Essay Example on In Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon the character Milkman

 This is shown in the last time Hagar wants to kill Milkman When Hagar hesitate in killing Milkman he tells her to kill herself and says Why don't you do that Then all your problems will be over Song of Solomon pg 130 After finding his identity it is a shift in his behavior with women Milkman becomes involved with a girl named Sweets and while with her in Shalimar Milkman finally learns how to show affection towards women In the beginning of the book Milkman's relationship with Hagar showed his disrespect for women but after he found his new identity he showed affection with Sweets Throughout the novel Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison the character Milkman showed great change In the beginning of the book he was a selfish egocentric individual who only cares about himself and his materialistic items He then goes on a quest to find gold and when things don't go exactly as planned he winds up getting more valuable than gold He finds his new identity that he is happy with He learns of his family s rich background And he shows improvement with his behavior with women Although Milkman seems like a bad person in the beginning of the novel he develops into a decent person when he finds his identity