In Toni Morrison's novel Song of Solomon, she explores several significant male identities by developing and metamorphisizing her male character aroubd the archetypal search for identity. ... As Samuel Allen states in his critical review of Song of Solomon, "Morrison achieves an unusually skillful transition into a timeless mythological world of quest for meaning and identity,"" (30). ... As Allen states, "In Song of Solomon which, briefly put, defines the growth into manhood of a young Black man in a Midwestern town, the focusing consciousness is male,"" (30). Allen is supporting the id...

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