We discussed this in class a while ago and I typed a really confusing post I decided not publish, I hope this one makes a little bit of sense. But the themes of flight I had discussed prior once again seem to be cropping up as well as some pretty obvious issues within the Dead family.
A lot of these issues come out in their family drive. While reading the passage no one seemed to be particularly happy and the entire family was awkwardly sitting there trying to make idle conversation from time to time. The longest conversation I can recall would be Macon shouting at Ruth when she reminds him to turn at the upcoming street corner. This family is set apart as distant and emotionally traumatizing by this car ride to me immediately. Making Macon's family although incredibly successful in a traditional sense, a failure in the end.
You see milkman observe shortly after the car ride that Pilate who is related to this big successful man Macon Dead, is a failure in a traditional sense, but still enjoys herself more than the Dead family. Milkman notices this when he talks to her seeing that she isn't "dirty" . I feel as if this novel isn't particullarly about the upper crust living a void and empty life compared to the scum of society, but it is certainly theme I've begun to see crop up.
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And along with this pervasive silence comes a sense that what IS said carries some unspoken weight that no one else can quite understand (as when Macon doesn't want Ruth to take Milkman to go pee--we don't yet really understand what's under the surface here, but the tension is palpable, and the children no doubt pick up on it).
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