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Summary Of Don T Shoot Me Santa Chapter 6

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Chapter 6: “Don’t Shoot Me Santa” – The Killers In chapter 6, during a conversation between Milkman and Guitar, Milkman questions Guitar about his secretive behavior, to which Guitar first denies, but then explains; he is involved in a secret black group called the Seven Days. In the Seven Days, each of the seven members is assigned to a day of the week and randomly kill a white person every time a black person is murdered. These killings are done on the same day of the week as the original black murder was committed, and Guitar considers the Seven Days works as acts of revenge that are necessary to keep the ratio of blacks to whites balances. Milkman expresses his concern for Guitar, saying that his killings are crazy and becoming a

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