p. 117—“Annoyed by Milkman’s indifference, he relieved his agitation by straightening up the room. He pulled an empty crate from underneath the straight-backed chair leaning in the corner, and started dumping trash into the box: dead matches from the window sill, pork bones from the barbecue he had eaten the day before. He crumpled the pleated paper cups that had been overflowing with cole slaw and fired them into the crate. ‘Every n----- I know wants to be cool. There’s nothing wrong with controlling yourself, but you can’t control other people.’ He looked sideways at Milkman’s face, alert for any sign, any opening. This kind of silence was new. Something must have happened. Guitar was genuinely worried about his friend, but he also didn’t want anything to happen in his room that would bring the police there.”
The End of Something:
Nick and Marjorie show us the end of a relationship
"I can't help it," Nick said. "You do. You know everything. That's the trouble. You know you do." (Hemingway 34)
Song of Solomon:
Guitar and Milkman show us the wariness of a relationship that's about to change
‘Every n----- I know wants to be cool. There’s nothing wrong with controlling yourself, but you can’t control other people.’ (Morrison 117)
What ties it together:
Both stories speak of the end of a relation or friendship
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