Historical Lens Responding and reflecting

      The ending of the book can teach us a life lesson. The ending Of the song of solomon can teach us that you can break a bad circle. Milkman's father was not the best person and he was on the road to become just like him. It did take a life shaping event to change his mind about what he was becoming into. This teach us that you do  not have to stick to what is expected of you. If you desire to be someone there is nothing out there that can make you not be that person. Life can shape and reshape you as many times as you let it. You can either become someone that is a positive member of society or someone who is a negative member of society. Milkman in the Song of solomon decided to be a the opposite to what his father was. History is what shapes us and reshapes us. We all have different perspective because of our own history. Our good and bad past is what ultimately makes us who we are. Us as an individual can decide to let our bad past determine who we are. We always have the power to put an end to what don not want to be and draw a starting line to what you would like to become.
      History is full of good and bad intentions. Uncovering the past will leave you will leave you with a bitter task in your mouth or a mouthful of joy. Ambition was the doom of milkman father and guitarman. uncovering the past was what reshaped the life of many family members of milkman. For milkman change was the only thing that  saved him a lifetime of misery. Uncovering the past might not always be the wisest decision. For milkman it was the push that allowed him to make a life changing decision. Ultimately uncovering his family’s past made become a better person. In the case of guitar man the uncovering of the past made him do some bad thing in the name of ambition. I think that ultimately the ambition of guitarman rewrote milkman’s father's story. It was not milkman who became engrossed with the idea of money and power but it was guitarman. I liked how history rewrote itself but still keeping it ultimate goal of ambition.