Sunday, January 12, 2014

Hagar's Minor (and by that I mean Major) Breakdown

Upon her initial frenzy to physically improve herself for Milkman, it is obvious that something is terribly wrong with Hagar, since the rate at which she tries to improve is simply impossible to achieve. Perhaps Hagar would've lived through this if Reba and Pilate did not aid her in this ridiculous task. Instead of giving her money to go shopping with and supporting this twisted idea that Hagar could improve herself enough in one single day to make Milkman love her, Reba and Pilate should have put an end to Hagar's absolutely preposterous mission. Hagar's death, which in my opinion was a result from her obsession, could have been avoided if she had been raised correctly and not spoiled throughout the entirety of her life. Her wretched appearance in the mirror is really just a reflection of the unappealing person inside of her. She had no identity outside of Milkman, and because of that once he left, she had no purpose to her life.

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  1. I'm with you here. I don't really get what the heck happened to her. I kinda took her death as maybe a little example of magical realism. Like, her trying to get all perfect wasn't going to work and was too taxing, so Morison exaggerated it to lead to her death, even though that wouldn't really happen. Also, once she was dead, she was kinda finally the way she wanted to look, like how people in caskets look all dolled up and stuff. A comment by Morison on vanity? maybe...

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