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Pilate's Continual Singing Analysis

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Pilate’s continual singing helps to foster Milkman’s growth in discovering his ancestry as well as learn about his mistreatment of people, especially women. The Sugarman song that Pilate frequently sang appears again to reveal Milkman’s ancestry to him. As the children sang a slightly different version of the song, “singing ‘Solomon don’t leave me’ instead of ‘Sugarman,’” Milkman began to piece together how the song was dealing directly with his ancestors. The fact that Pilate had been singing this song throughout the entire book shows how she was subtly planting a seed in Milkman’s head about his background that caused him to go search for answers. Singing in Song of Solomon was also closely tied to women and feminine actions. As Milkman

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