Research on Stories

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xii              male narrative

5-6             Pilate sings Sugarman

11-12         Watermark and its story

40-43         Pilate tells story of the death of her father

50-54         Macon tells story of the death of his father

70-74         Macon tells story of the death of Dr. Foster (and Ruth)

75-76         Milkman attempts to make sense of the past

82-83         Barbershop stories of “atrocities”

85              Guitar shoots a doe

124-126     Ruth tells the story of Milkman’s conception (and Pilate’s role)

140-151     Pilate’s story after leaving Macon

165-171     Macon’s story of the gold (and the break with Pilate)

206-208     Pilate’s story of her “inheritance”

228ff         Rev. Cooper: I know your people

230-233     Cooper’s story of Macon and Pilate

234-236     The Dead family as a local legend

264            Song of Solomon (Jay the only son of Solomon)

293-294     Milkman interested in his own story (i.e. his family’s story)

301-304     Decoding the Song of Solomon

321-324     Solomon one of the flying Africans

329-330     Names now have interest and meaning—tell stories

334            Milkman tells his father about Danville