Creative project

Normality

Earlier in class the subject of normality came up. Asking to us who was the most normal or abnormal, and as typical smart people do the class decided that normal isn't real because it's a human construct. But I argue that normality is real, despite being a social construct. Normality is the majority, simply if most people do it them it is normal. In scattered islands cannibalism was normal(lead to the kuru outbreak that killed many of them) In America fast food is normal, the point being; normal is easier to define due to this subjective nature. So, given a group of people we can determine what is normal within that group, like a sociologists identifying cultural norms. This is made difficult in Song of Solomon due to the clear distinction of characters. On one side we have those that aren't tied to their roots: Macon Sr, and Jr, The Dead sisters, Hagar, and Reba. Challenged by those that are tied to their roots: Pilate, Milkman, at the latter part of the text, many in the south, and Guitar. We've, at this point come to an impasse... Being relatively even within the text I'll take the liberty of applying my accepted norm between the two groups, which is given the situations the characters fall into, moving away from your heritage seems more common(a word i'll use to avoid saying normal too often) 

Now we have Macon Sr and Jr, The Dead sisters,  Hagar, and Reba. Disqualifying Hagar due to, not her instability, but her inability to control said instability. As well as Reba... for this line of thought calling someone as simple as her common is a little too pessimistic even by my standards. Leaving only the Dead family minus Ruth. Each of the remainder could be argued as normal, to a reasonable extent, excluding Lena, simply due to lack of information. Macon Sr can very reasonably be considered normal, but again lacks sufficient page time for that determination. 

Lastly we are left with Corinthians and Milkman as our two possibilities for normal. They both accept the will of their parents, fitting common truth for that era. Both eventually defy their parents, common to the adolescents they're described as. Both find love away from what they're used to; rich to poor for Corinthians in Henry, and the same for Milkman in Sing. Pretty close thus far, eh? Here's where we get down to the brass tax. Milkman travelling across country so casually is not normal by most standards of European descent. Which is applicable as Milkman isn't really African, but black-American, and wasn't aware of his Indian Heritage. Additionally he didn't seem to partake in Harlem-esque culture, leaving white norms to be his basis of thought. 

In conclusion; Corinthians is our, or at least my perspective's, most normal character. Every aspect of her character could naturally fit into our reality. She is entirely unremarkable, making her by definition common and therefore normal. No defining characteristics setting her hugely apart. Just a person trying to get by, find love, happiness, and a place for their self as all people are biologically inclined to do.