page 208[Pilate speaking] "A human life is precious. You shouldn't fly off and leave it . . . If you take a life, then you own it. You responsible for it. You can't get rid of nobody by killing them. They still there, and they yours now . . . Life is life. Precious. And the dead you kill is yours. They stay with you anyway, in your mind. So it's a better thing, a more better thing to have the bones right there with you wherever you go. That way, it frees up your mind."Fucks up your mind, thought Milkman, fucks it up for good. He pulled himself up from the table. He had to get some sleep before he went looking for Guitar.Staggering up the stairs, he remembered Pilate's back as she got out of the Buick -- not bent at all under the weight of the sack. And he remembered how Guitar glared at her as she walked away from the car.
Questions:
1) How does Guitar's opinion on murder differ from Pilate's?
2) Is Milkman right? Is Pilate a touch loopy because she's been carrying the weight of the guilt around with her?
3) Why does Guitar glare at Pilate?
Comments:I think Guitar is angry that Pilate is taking responsibility for the murder she committed. (Remember, she thinks the sack contains the bones of the man she murdered). Also, I don't know if Pilate is exactly feeling guilt. Her back is "not bent at all under the weight of the sack." Maybe it's the fact she is so *used* to the man's bones being with her that she has accepted what she did long ago and no longer feels guilt about it.
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