Song of Solomon

Throughout the beginning of the novel, the name Solomon never appeared. Suddenly in these last few chapters, the name keeps reappearing. Pilate is the first character to use the name Solomon when she calls her "husband" Mr. Solomon and says that is who the bones in the green tarp are. Though it is thought that the bones in the bag are actually the white man Macon Dead II killed in the cave. After the scene in the police station, the name Solomon does not come up again until Milkman arrives in Virginia and pulls into a small grocery store run by a Mr. Solomon. This town is significant because it holds keys to his family's history and potentially the lost gold. Does this fact mean that Pilate was leaving Milkman a hint earlier back at the police station about where to look? I do not think so I think that Morrison was foreshadowing to something even greater than just the town where the gold may be. There is something greater waiting for Milkman in the hills of Virginia that is not monetary.

Names have significant meaning in this novel which implies there is a great amount of significance to the name that is typed across the front of the book. I think that the Song of Solomon is a mystery within the Dead family that only Milkman can solve and Pilate is guiding him as he hunts for clues under the assumption he is looking for missing gold. This would make sense because Pilate met them in jail and used that moment to let the name Solomon roll off her tongue. Seeing that the gold led to the uttering of Solomon the two must be connected somehow. 

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