haha oh my gosh mr. sheehy, that is so messed up. good thing i'm not a harry potter fan :D. Pilate's death makes me mad too! It ruins her whole image of invincibility. yet she dies with such dignity and fearlessly. and although Hagar's death upset me as well, i guess it beats the whole cliche of women growing stronger and moving on or whatever.

i really do NOT understand the names in this book. Pilate is the one who kills Jesus because he is pressured to, but Pilate in this book can't be pressured by anybody to do anything that she doesn't think is right. Circe, isn't she the one that keeps Ulysses on that island for years and years? i don't see how that relates either. With the name Dead, i felt like that name was chosen because their family was stuck, they couldn't "fly," so it was like they were dead i guess? but then Milkman's grandfather didn't seem dead to me at all.

and with Hagar's death... Morrison can't be trying to say that women are weak and obsessive with men, because only two women are portrayed that way, three if you want to count Ruth. Hagar's own mother and sister are very strong. But she was babied and spoiled. Maybe she's saying that experience is essential for survival? Corinthians, Ruth, and Hagar were all protected or shut out from hard times by their family. Well, i can't say that Corinthians was exactly shut out from hard times, for she experienced her own personal obstacles. but she was protected from outside obstacles, i guess you can say.