One interesting thread in Song of Solomon is the changing dynamic between Guitar and Milkman. Recently the reader has been introduced to a secret society/group that Guitar is part of called the Seven Days. Guitar uses his affiliation with the group as evidence that he is beginning to add purpose to his life and, unlike Milkman, is maturing and bringing something valuable to the world. In this post, I want to analyze how valuable Guitar's participation in the Seven Days really is, and whether or not it is an actual indicator that he is more mature than Milkman. The Seven Days has a very dark moral background. The actions that it takes to help the civil rights movements are very violent, and somewhat unjustified considering the attacks are not targeting individual oppressors. I think a very rational argument that could be made is that the Seven Days' fundamental concept is unproductive because the act of attacking random white people as a whole is m...