Song of Solomon Essay

Song of Solomon" is a novel by Toni Morrison, the very famous and very popular Nobel laureate for literature. It's the story of a young black man named Milkman and his journey towards redemption and enlightenment from the twisted Michigan environment that spawned him. It's one of Morrison's most popular books, and won the Critics Circle award in 1978. There's a controversy going on? You betcha. During the summer of '97, the 11th grade Advanced Placement …

…the two pages she read were so offensive that not only threw them away, but tore them up so that no one else could read them. Who gave them the two pages? The Superintendent, as a way of explaining her actions to the Commissioners. Do the Commissioners have any authority or consequence in this decision? No, but they keep talking anyway. What else ya got? I got lots o' stuff. Just look to the left.