Colorful

The color imagery in Song of Solomon really stood out to me in the beginning of the book. Robert Smith had a "little yellow house" (3). He had his "wide blue wings" stretched around him before he tried to fly away (6). The "red velvet rose petals" scattered around into the snow that would soak "through them" (5). And "white-coated surgeons" work in mercy hospital (7). I already think white must represent something treacherous because Mercy did not allow black patients until they admitted Ruth, and the snow is trying to ruin the red roses that they girls have worked so hard to make. I also think yellow could be something bad because Robert Smith was trying to escape from his yellow house. Escape on blue wings. Blue could be escape and red could represent toil.

Names also caught my attention. I feel like they must be important just because of how much they stand out: First Corinthians and Pilate are clearly biblical allusions. I wonder why it was so important to the whites that Mains Avenue wwas not called Doctor Street. Maybe because they do not want the black doctor to be recognized.