Escape Towards Death
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As the cliched statement says, "Nobody's perfect." Everyone's life has some difficulties, with which one may arrive at a variety of resolutions.
For instance, if one has lost a love to something other than death, he may simply discuss it with his friends; if someone is troubled by family
memories, ....
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.... Milkman,
were resolved by their deaths.
Hagar, the first main character to die with her burdens, is a character whose life revolved around her emotions and the positive, happy side of
life. A vain and spoiled person from her birth, Hagar never knew the problems of racism and poverty as other people in her small, midwestern
town knew and felt. Hagar's life was completely devoted to Milkman, her cousin and lover. "He is my home in this world." (pg. 137) Her
happiness, Milkman, would ultimatel ....
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