Character Sketch

Character Sketch

This project was for the book Song of Solomon. We had to pick a character in the book and describe them as we were them. This was difficult because we could not just describe ourselves, we had to go into depth about our character. We had to put ourselves in the character shoes to be able to describe their actual identity. I chose Pilate Dead for my character. I was drawn to her because i admire her morals of family and her strength. 

Pilate Dead

         
My name, Pilate, was given to me by my father, who found the name in the Bible. When I was being born, my father had taken the Bible and randomly pointed at the name Pilate, which became my own. I am a single mother of one daughter named Reba. Reba also is a single mother, who has a daughter named Hagar. My brother is Macon, who has a son named milkman.

            Being as though I was on my own from a young age, and without a navel, I have lived a different style of life. In my past I was never able to hold on to someone for too long without my lack of a navel coming in a way. This has followed me to my future, where I do keep within my family mostly. This has caused for me to have a close-knit family.

My brother, Macon, has tried to keep his family distant from me. He, along with others, think of me as dirty or the way I live is unconventional.  Reba, Hagar, and myself grow and sell wine. We work all together in our house, picking the grapes, and then pulverizing them. Also in our house is unconventional. We don’t have any of the normal furniture one would usually have. There are two rooms: one we all sleep in, and the other has all the open space. We also do use candles for a source of light too.

Family is an extremely important part of me. I dearly love all of my family and would do anything to save them. I even had to put a knife up to a man just to get him to leave Reba alone. I also would not let Macon kill his own baby when it was still inside of Ruth. I was there to support her and help her. This strength that I have carries me throughout the book, even with my older age. I also like to love people. I can’t help but to open my heart up to others who need help. This is why I do try to give away a lot of what I have. Throughout the book I was always there for Milkman when he was on his own journey, trying to find himself. He came to me and learned about his ancestral land from my sounds that we would sing at night. I opened my heart up to milkman and others who needed me to lean on.

My characteristics of strength and youth come from my roots. These are from my African American traditional culture. I would consider myself to be a free spirited person. I do not follow the norms of society; I live my life the way I like to. This shows my individuality. My personal strength allows me to be the individual I am, and therefore I am able to help others.

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