The Journey Of Ruth's Migration

mid-twentieth century where blacks were still being ostracized in society, but Milkman is able to go on a metaphorical and literal journey to find out who his ancestors were and who he is. In Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, Milkman attempts to piece together a personal identity that was stripped from him and the African Americans as a result of their colonization into slavery. The journey into bondage for an African was one of pure loss, as they were stripped of everything that made them who they were. The

and Russia during this time due to the ruling of the tsar, fear of religious persecution, and economic restrictions. Because these restrictions were becoming the norm for Jewish people in their county, Rose’s father, a tailor, began to embark on a journey to the United States of America, in hopes of beginning a new life for himself and his family. Even though her father is captured at the border of Russia and returned home, he managed to get to America. Once in

only shameful aspects of the country’s past; The novel also mentions Trail of Tears and other instances of the white man’s treatment of Native Americans. It is especially significant that, despite occurring before the novel takes place, the forced migration of Native Americans was integral to the view of America portrayed in the Novel. Whitehead remarks, “The trip to Missouri was much more

J.B. Religion At the end of Baldwin's 1952 novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, John Grimes, the young protagonist, has an epiphany or what is more commonly referred to as a visionary conversion experience, a staple of American religious life. He embraces Jesus and endures a state of ecstatic mysticism in which he experiences "his drifting soul ... anchored in the love of God" (204). John's rebirth in Christ, his being "saved," is an affirmation of one of the strongest bulwarks in the African