Family and Friends
Named after the perpetrator of the crucifixion but narratively exists as the opposite.
Who is Milkman's aunt: Pilate?
"...getting ready to see what tails or ________ the butcher might give away." (Morrison 4)
OR: removed or exposed organs.
What are entrails?
Legal prevention of manufacturing and sales of liquor and similar substances in 1920's-1933 America.
What is prohibition?
Named after a close friend and follower of Jesus, one of the most referenced women in the bible.
Who is Milkman's sister Magdalene?
"...she sang in a powerful ________:
O Sugarman done fly away
Sugarman done gone" (Morrison 6)
Or: the lowest women's vocal range.
What is contralto?
Someone who illegally distributes liquor during the Prohibition era?
What is a bootlegger?
Named after the reminder of strength and beauty as the fourth born of the family and it's ties.
Hebrew origin.
Who is Milkman's' aunt: Reba?
Or: anxiety or fear of something bad occurring.
What is apprehension?
Small roof acting dome on a drum or building.
What is a cupola?
Named after a piece of biblical writing highlighting choosing ones own path.
Who is Milkmans sister First Corinthian?
"In the middle of his ______, Macon was interrupted by rapid tapping on the window." (Morrison 23)
Or: daydreaming or being lost in thought.
What is reverie?
Named after the biblical and Islamic figure who bore children to Abraham and Sarah.
Who Milkmans girlfriend Hagar?