Peaches In Song Of Solomon

The Pit To Greed Every day, people go to work to accumulate wealth to pay expenses of daily life and to fulfill the desire of becoming affluent. Unfortunately, some become wedged in a struggle and greed that is a close companion to wealth. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, an example of the historical fiction genre takes place in the 1900’s where the character milkman discovers his family’s history and his identity throughout the plot. Milkman and those close to him, encounter a variety of struggles, especially wealth. The development of the image of peaches throughout the novel depicts that wealth drives people and influences their decisions greatly. First, peaches are used by the author to develop non-materialistic wealth within the characters …show more content…
The wealth of support she receives aids her in her pregnancy and develops a friendship with her sister and law. The use of peaches helps develop the reader’s understanding of the wealth through assigning emotional wealth to a tangible object in order that it could be visualized. In addition, white men “strutted through” Macon Dead’s orchards and ate his peaches (251). Macon Dead works hard after becoming a Freedman to make a life for himself and family. When the white men kill him and eat his peaches, it depicts the white men robbing Macon of his wealth of hard work and life. Despite the positivity of the non materialistic wealth of hard work, it carries a negative impact due how others perceive the wealth relative to their own. As result Macon’s wealth drives the men to steal from him and disconnect his family due to his success. The author’s use of peaches once again contributes to the reader's understanding of the non-tangible wealth through associating it a physical …show more content…
She meticulously convinces herself the only way to restore Milkman's love for her is through materialistic wealth of beauty products and copes through “peachy powders and milky lotions” (311). In addition to describing the color of the makeup products she uses, peaches showcase the materialistic wealth of products opposed to actual inner beauty. The excessive greediness of wealth of these products further deepens Hagar’s lack of self confidence and divides her from reality, which destroys her relationship with herself and others. Hagar refuses to accept any other solution than to adjust herself and her abundance of manipulate her appearance as opposed to expanding upon her non materialistic wealth of strong family relationships. Also, Hagar drops newly purchased peach colored products in the rain and becomes “limp, wet, and confused” (314). The wealth of products distracts Hagar from reality and ultimately guides her in her demise where her lack of confidence trips her to her final fall. Despite her greediness weighing her down and making her journey home difficult, she still carries on as she is fueled by the same greed. Consequently, her fascination with material wealth in order to resolve her issues causes her to become unhappy and eventually take her own life. Overall, Morrison uses peaches to evaluate the fall of Hagar

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