The novel's ambiguous ending centers on Milkman's "flight" across Solomon's Leap. Song of Solomon 8:6-7 says, Place me like a seal over you heart, like a seal on your arm for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. Unable to find Pilate's gold in Danville and prompted by the mysterious stories surrounding his ancestors, Milkman traces his ancestry to the fictional town of Shalimar, Virginia, where he meets his father's "people" and discovers the true spiritual meaning of his inheritance. Part II (Chapters 10-15) begins with Milkman's arrival in Danville, Pennsylvania, where his paternal grandfather had built the near-mythological Lincoln's Heaven, a prosperous farm for which he was killed. This section ends with Milkman's decision to leave Michigan in search of Pilate's illusory gold - Milkman's "inheritance" - which Macon is sure his sister hid in one of the many places she lived prior to coming to Michigan. Although both Macon and Pilate eventually end up in the same unnamed Michigan town, Macon refuses to speak to his sister, whom he feels is an embarrassment to his social position in the town. However, after a disagreement between them, they each went their own way. Like an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved shepherd among the sons cried the girl Under his shadow I delighted to sit, and. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. We learn that Milkman's father, Macon, and Macon's sister, Pilate, ran away from home after their father was murdered for protecting his land. Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. These chapters are interspersed with various characters' flashbacks to their pasts. It’s the tale of a young woman preparing to marry her love: a handsome gent who adores her. It’s a story of adoration, satisfaction, delight, and sexual desire. It traces Milkman's life from birth to age thirty-two and focuses on his spiritually empty, aimless life as a young man caught between his father's materialistic lifestyle and Pilate's traditional values. The Song of Solomon (also known as the Song of Songs) celebrates this kind of union: a man and a woman becoming one. Part I (Chapters 1-9) is set in an unnamed town in Michigan - presumably Detroit. The narration comprises two distinct sections. The action of Song of Solomon spans thirty-some years. Milkman is mentally enslaved and spiritually dead, but with the help of his eccentric aunt, Pilate, and his best friend, Guitar Bains, he embarks on a physical and spiritual journey that enables him to reconnect with his past and realize his self-worth. Based on the African-American folktale about enslaved Africans who escape slavery by flying back to Africa, it tells the story of Macon "Milkman" Dead, a young man alienated from himself and estranged from his family, his community, and his historical and cultural roots. Song of Solomon explores the quest for cultural identity.
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