Research on Material Life

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31-32         Macon Dead’s hearse


 

55              “own things”

59-61         Railroad Tommy lists all the things Guitar will never have

90-91         Milkman’s Christmas shopping

97              Pilate’s inheritance

103-106     Milkman “not serious”; “wherever the party is”

163            Money is freedom; you’ll own it all

170            The gold; luxury fanned out before himi like the tailspread of a peacock

178-180     Peacock

215-216     Lena lets Milkman have it

222-223     Everybody wants the life of a black man

226-227     Milkman’s watch, shoes, and clothing

250            Watch breaks; hunger in old men’s eyes

252            Shoe splits

266            Milkman’s material possessions offend Shalimar

271            Milkman stripped of his city identity (down to new clothes and shoes)

294            Milkman: I’m losing everything

310-314     Hagar’s shopping spree

335-336     Pilate’s death: If I’d a knowed more, I would a loved more

337            If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it