Chapter thirteen is seriously about the time where my dislike for Milkman reaches its zenith and almost crosses the bridge to disdain. I do not like how Hagar gets dumped for no other reason than that she just wants a loving partner to take care of her and she do the same for him. I hate how she's abandoned in such a hurtful manner and thinks it's her fault. Not only that but she comes up with reasons that are superficial for him to like which shows that she thinks that only temporary things appealed to him. This may have been a factor in why Milkman dumped her. Anyway, she foolishly blows her family's money on clothes and makeup and other unnecessary items and then drops them in the rain. It's horrible she was reduced to such a pitiful state. And then she goes and kills her self. I felt so sorry and sad for her and her caretakers, Reba and Pilate.
There is incredible diction is this chapter. I felt every feeling intensely enough to start crying when I found out that Hagar had killed herself. The injustice of the situation just about broke my heart because Hagar's situation is mirrored in many places in present day, especially in people my age.
I love the whole aspect of the African flying legends. I like how their people were able to fly away of their own accord back to their native country because they were torn away from it to be slaves. There's justice in that which I can appreciate.
That there was a song about Milkman's history made me feel happy. For some reason I just liked that his ansestory in a song that every little child in Shalimar knew and yet they did not even realize the gravity of the lyrics that gave Milkman a sense of peace about himself.
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