“Fathers can fly and children can know their names”. This was the basis of Milkman's discovery of his past, which he would learn about over time. In the novel Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, Milkman goes through the early, adolescent, and middle stages of his life with little self-confidence, because he cannot fly, nor does he know the true meaning of flight. Milkman goes through his life being selfish and vain because he has yet to discover his true identity. As Milkman grows, the more he experiences and encounters alone and with others. Not every experience he gets has the same meaning as the others, but each one helps him progress through self-discovery to find his own flight path. When Milkman discovers his ancestors' past and their connection to flight, he goes through a transformation of heart, mind, and soul. When Milkman was a child, he struggled with his innocence and inability, and ultimately gave up on himself to know he was incapable of escape. he couldn't fly. Milkman had made it through four years of his life before he learned the devastating news that he couldn't fly. As he sits and thinks about what he will not be able to do for the rest of his life, the narrator states Milkman's early childhood as: “The next day a black baby was born inside Mercy for the first time. Mr. Smith's blue silk wings must have left their mark, for when the boy discovered, at four years old, the same thing that Mr. Smith had learned earlier - that only birds and airplanes could fly - he lost all interest in himself" (9) . This represents the beginning of Milkman's journey to find the true meaning of flight in relation to himself. Milkman discovered that not even a grown man like Robert Smith could fly, so he gave up on life. F.. . half of the paper... new, exactly what he had to do to fly. As a boy, Milkman was selfish and had no interest in life because he was stuck on the ground, unable to fly attitude no. He remained the same rude and inconsiderate person throughout his adolescence and early adulthood, including most of the time he and Guitar spent as friends. Many of their journeys helped uncover some of the meanings and connections deeper than the escape with Milkman. He travelled, at first just because of his greed, but when he came to know about everything that had happened in the past with his family, he became more focused and was determined to change his life. From that moment on, Milkman understood that he was capable of anything, even flying. His heart, mind and soul transformed through self-discovery and the personal experience of flying without any human help.