Milkman's A Very Brief Summary Milkman

The novel begins with the scene of Mr. Smith on February, 1931. Mr. Smith is a North Carolina Mutual Life agent that was dressed in blue wings. Ruth Dead Magdalene called Lena Dead and First Corinthians Dead and Ruth Dead gives birth to Macon Dead Jr in No Mercy Hospital. Ruth is the first black person to give birth there. The Dead family lives in big house on Not Doctor Street. While Milkman was about four or five, Ruth was still breastfeeding him to please her sexually since her husband, Macon Dead III, does not show interest in her at all. Freddie the janitor finds Ruth breastfeeding Macon III and gives him the nickname Milkman. Later in the novel, Milkman and his best friend, Guitar go to meet his aunt Pilate, the local bootlegger. Milkman