A Deeper Meaning to Journeys


Currently, I'm on the longest, most annoying journey ever! This journey will take me to India, where I'll be attending my cousin’s wedding. It's crazy to think how modern technology is allowing me to connect with my family that lives almost 8,000 miles away. It allows me to talk to them on a daily basis and to travel quite frequently across the globe. If I imagine a time where such facilities were unable, I don't believe I would be as close to my family as I am now. Take a look at Milkman from Song of Solomon. He is on a quest to understand his familial connections and his own past. However, he faces many complications and obstacles during this journey. He has no technology to connect with people and to make his search easier. On the other hand, I could simply use websites such as Ancestry. com and quickly find the information I'm looking for. His only way is to blindly travel to places he has heard of from stories told by his father or Pilate, hoping he will learn more about his family. If I find my journey to which I know the destination for annoying, I can't imagine how irritated Milkman must be. He has no clear destination, and his journey could take him anywhere. He feels “real hunger” for familial knowledge and doesn’t “know what to look for” (Morrison). His hunger for his past would be diminished simply with the presence of technology.

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