Water In Song Of Solomon Essay

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Water is essential in sustaining life, yet in many stories it can serve as a danger when trying to cross through it. Throughout the “Tower Of Babylon,” water initially seems to serve a role of confusion for the reader and protagonist, Hillaum. Hillalum is a miner summoned to travel to the top of the tower in order to excavate the vault of the heavens. Along the way, every logic of water is questioned and becomes disorienting as “higher up, there is more rain” (12). Every step of the journey challenges the skills of Hillalum and although water proves necessary for his job, it could also cause the death of him, which also proves fearful for other characters. In The Truman Show, from a young age, Truman is defined by his fear of water due to his dad dying in it. This fear is …show more content…
Water itself serves as a mode of cleansing the subject into a new life and symbolizes the rebirth of a person while also foreshadowing a dark truth. In Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison starts the novel with a selfish, unsuccessful man that solely goes on a journey to find gold that was lost in his family lineage. Through this journey he does not find gold, but instead finds the roots of his ancestry, which changes his mindset completely. When he discovers his origins, he “[dives] into the water” and surfaces “like a bullet, iridescent, grinning, splashing water” (327). While the water provides a moment of happiness, and causes the emergence of a changed man, he promptly gets hunted down by his friend, who threatens him with a gun. Morrison uses this quote to show the new life that Milkman has achieved, yet also uses the water to foreshadow the bullet that will be shot at him. Water is also used to foreshadow the death of Jay Gatsby with the introduction of his pool. Throughout Gatsby, the glamorous and deceptive allure of wealth is seen in the house Gatsby
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