The change in Milkman's character is hinted at in chapter 10, but in chapter 11 when he is out hunting right before Guitar finds him is where he seems in embrace his changing personality. Because he is so far away from his home in Detroit, he is able to realize how much he relied on his wealth, and he sees the extent to which he took his money and relationships for granted.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Milkman in Part II
At the beginning of part II, we see Milkman by himself, flying to Pilate and Macon's hometown. This is the first time when we really see Milkman acting independently and without his immediate family members or close friends trying to influence him (which is pretty strange, since by now, he's a middle aged man). I thought that his actions in the beginning of this section are very different from how he had been acting in the first section; he goes back to his father's hometown with the intention of looking for the gold that Macon and Pilate had found as children, but while it may seem that he's only travelling there for selfish reasons, he seems very different than he was before.
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He is a middle-aged man, in terms of his biology and chronology, but in so many ways he's still been living like a teenager (living at home, working for his dad, sneaking off to be with his girlfriend and his buddy, both of whom his parents don't approve of, tattling on his sister), and this trip to PA (and then VA), for all the reasons you name here, is a lot like a young person leaving for college, or joining the army, or doing something independent that involves them leaving home for the first time.
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