id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-5978 Song of Solomon (novel) - Wikipedia .html text/html 2880 259 73 Song of Solomon is a 1977 novel by American author Toni Morrison, her third to be published. It follows the life of Macon "Milkman" Dead III, an African-American man living in Michigan, from birth to adulthood. A crowd of people gather to watch the attempted flight, including Milkman's mother, Ruth, his two sisters First Corinthians and Magdalene (called Lena), his aunt Pilate, and his friend later in life, Guitar. Macon then sends Milkman and Guitar on a "quest" to steal the bag of gold from Pilate. "Part Two" of the novel positions Milkman making a journey south to Pennsylvania in search of the gold that must still be in the cave. The main conflict of the novel is Milkman's search for ways to become independent from his family, to gain self-realization, and to answer the questions of who he is, how he lives, and why. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-5978.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-5978.txt