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What Your Desires Can Make You Do

Throughout the "Song of Soloman", the topic of wealth, status, and power are extremely evident. Many of the characters struggle with their state of wealth and strive to increase their status, sometimes, at no matter the cost. In the novel, the characters of color are suppressed by their social status and are constantly seen as below any white body. The lack of respect for the people of color is quite apparent and causes hungriness for power and wealth among the black community.

When presented with the question of, "How does poorness influence participation in the Seven Days?", I believe from Milkman's perspective, his answer would be something along these lines. 

The Seven Days is a group of wealth-driven people who put their wants above their morals as they can perform unjust actions. As they murder innocent whites, they are blinded by their jealously and hungriness for power. The members in the Seven Days are almost all poor and are driven by their monstrous want for wealth. Who ever said that being poor justifies these violent actions against the innocent whites? No amount of killing will give you wealth or power or even a higher status. These are just excuses for their actions and makes them just as bad as the original white killers. These members see their actions as an "eye for an eye" and fair or equal because by reciprocating the killings, they believe power will be gained. However, that is just not true and is not the way to go about it. The Seven Days is unreasonable and serves no right purpose in our society. With this group alive, they are doing "what the worst of them do" (Morrison 157), which makes our community become just as bad as the whites. 

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