Proof that I Activley Read chapters 13 and 14

Chapter 13 summary:
In chapter thirteen the character focus brings you back to Hagar who is having an extremely difficult time. When Guitar gets back to his house he finds her standing in his house, just standing there, silent. He picks her up to take her home and could not help but feel sorry for her so he tries to console her. He tells that she can not let her whole life be defined by the love of a man because she is worth more then that. Hagar doesn't respond to anything that he says, she just continues to sit there. Once she is back at her house Pilate and Reba don't know what to do for her except give her their love. They tried to please her buy giving her various different things that girls like. For the first time in her life Reba actually tried to win things but oddly enough it was the first time in her life that she couldnt win anything. Nothing they brought to her lifted her spirits the least bit. One gift that Pilate and Reba got her was a small mirror. When she saw her reflection she went crazy with the thought that the reason Milkman didnt love her was because of what she saw staring back at her in the mirror. She then insists that she needs to improve her appearence and that she needs new clothes. Reba goes and pawns her 2000 dollar diamand ring for 200 dollars and combines the money with the seventy five cents that they had already been saving. Hagar takes the money and goes shopping for clothes and such. On her way home she gets caught in a rainstorm and her bags rip open sending all of her items rolling in the mud. She goes home in a devastating state and dies never getting the love she craved so badly. Reba gets Macon to give her forty dollars for the funeral where her and Pilate sing a song called Mercy. Pilate then sings the song she used to sing to Hagar when she was young, at the end she shouts with vigor "and she was loved!"

Chapter 14 Summary-
In this chapter the character focus is once again switched, this time to Milkman. He goes back to Susan Byrds house who explains that she couldnt tell him the whole story of his family in the presence of Grace. she recounts to him the story of Solomon her supossedly flew back to africa and tried to take his youngest son Jake with him but dropped him. The boy was luckily caught in the arms of Heddy (Singing Birds mother) and was raised by her. Jake eventually ran away with Singing Bird. Ryna was Solomons wife and she mourned for days, which are the cries that can supossodley still be heard in Rynas Gulch. Milkman thinks about asking to see a picture of sing or even Heddy but decides that the knowledge is enough.

Theme- In chapter thirteen the theme that is higlighted the most is the importance of knowing who you are so that you dont need to rely on others to confirm your worth. chapter 14 is about how you can find out about your self by finding your ancestreal history.

Magical Realism- There is not very much magical realism in chapter thirteen. The fact that Reba couldnt win anything was interesting but i wonder if that would be considered magical realism because most people cant win stuff easily any ways. There is magical realism in chapter 14 because it tells alot about how Solomon flew away to Africa.

Characters-
Hagar- She becomes distraught with grief because she belives that Milkman doesnt love her because she is not pretty enough. She ends up dying pretty much froma broken heart.

Milkman- He finally Finds out about his family but his neglect to Hagar causes her death.

Guitar- Give Hagar some advice.

Reba- She loses her knack for winning things in chapter thirteen just as she actually wants to win something. She pawns her diamond ring so Hagar can go shopping for things to make her feel better.

Pilate- Pilate is extremely grivous over the death of Hagar.

Susan Byrd- She comfirms all of Milkmans Suspisions about his family.