Song of Solomon vs The Dew Breaker

Trauma is defined as an emotional wound or shock that creates substantial, lasting damage to the psychological development of a person or an event or situation that causes great distress and disruption. Toni Morrison wrote, "You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down." The heaviness of trauma that has never been addressed can be passed on to further generations leading to its perpetuation. In the novels The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat and Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, Ka and Macon Dead Jr. have inherited trauma from their parents, which leads them on expeditions to find out the causes of their parents trauma and in the process discovery of their family history and eventual self discovery.
Ka- was told all her life that her father spent a year in prison during the Duvalier regime only to later find out that it was all a lie. Her father was a tonton macoute who hurt a lot of people including her would be uncle whom he murdered. She also discovers that her mother knew about this all along and married her brother’s killer. Both her parents have been traumatized which is why they’ve lied to her. She is now looking for answers
Milkman- Raised with a silver spoon in his mouth, never truly had a sense of self until his journey to find gold allegedly hidden by his aunt, he ends up discovering his family history. His parents trauma has never really been dealt with which is why he came out to be so selfish and not care about others. He gains understanding during his odyssey.
Major- Anne and Ruth or Mr. Bienaime and Macon
Minor- Pilate and Michel