Milkman's Pro-Gamer Move

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Okay so you might be wondering what type of title that is, and in all fairness, I have no idea either. The title comes from my first reaction to reading on page 337 when Milkman "leaped".
I personally thought what Milkman did was probably the stupidest thing he could've done. Yeah I get it Toni, you need to be all symbolic and come full circle, but come on, no one is that stupid. 

On to the assigned part of this blog. If Vsauce existed back in the 60's, Guitar probably thought of the exact same thing I did. I can only imagine that he was extremely confused by Milkman's actions. I'm assuming everyone knows the saying "Don't bring a knife to a gunfight", Milkman was the type of guy to bring just himself to a gunfight. If Guitar could read what Morrison wrote about Milkman's leap, I think he'd also be confused by how a person could be "bright". 

Again, I get it Ms. Morrison, symbolism, but c'mon he's an African American, isn't that just a tad bit extreme. 

Guitar would be wondering, why is he jumping into me, it just makes him a lot easier to hit. Just like Guitar, I have no explanation for that. 

And then on to the topic of the symbolic leap, Milkman supposedly leaped all the way to Africa, but again, c'mon people, we know that can't happen. For a better figurative way of describing his leap, he straight up jumped into the fiery depths of hell, or depending on God's mood, maybe the warm comforts of heaven. 

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