Reflective Blog for Chapters 11-13

There is no denying that I am now one hundred percent hooked into this book. I wasn't at the beginning because things were going very slow, but now there is mystery and betrayal and love and death and treasure (<---Freight train!)
I was getting very exciting while reading chapter thirteen because it showed the first actual title reference. It had many title references actually. I counted four: the gas station owner, the other guy (not related to the gas station owner) also names Mr. Solomon, the kids singing the song "O Solomon don't leave me here" and then the true title reference of Solomon being MM's great grandfather. I also found out that his grandfather, Jake/Macon Dead, was married to a Native American woman named Singing Bird who changed her named to Sing Byrd. I thought it was very cute how both of them got to have fresh starts, beginning with the changing of their names.
The whole bit with the fight in the gas station kind of peeved me. I saw the side of the twon's people that they were angry and at MM for having money, but it's just another form of prejudice. I thought it was stupid of them to fight over something that neither of them could control.
I got super scared during the hunting scene with MM roaming through the dark with a bobcat running wild. What an idiot. And then Guitar just popping out of the darkness to strangle him just made me shut the book and wait until morning because there was no way I was gonna read that scene in the dark.
I thought the bit with Grace, a very old white woman, making a move on a thirty-something year old man was just disgusting. How she stole his watch to brag to her friends after leaving her address in his cookie napkin. It was icky.
I think I really really really dislike Milkman. He caused the death of Hagar when he abandoned her for no other reason than the fact that he just wanted to. There was no legitimate reason and he made her depressed enough to kill herself. How could he? It broke my heart how she didn't think she was good enough for him. I liked seeing the compassionate and gentle side of Guitar when he told her affirming and sweet things. I really really really don't like Milkman anymore. I can only hope for Pilate's retribution.