Song of Solomon meeting #1

So far this book has been kind of confusing. The main character's name is Milkman, his best friend is Guitar, his father is Macon and his mother's name is Ruth. Not a whole lot has really happened so far so I'm not sure what to really say other than that it's hard to make connections, which was my job. I was the connector, so I had to make connections between the book and my life, current events and other things like that. The book takes place in the 1930's and the main character is black, so right off the bat there are few similarities between the characters and myself. I don't know, it's not very enticing so far, hopefully it'll get better.