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What Does Milkman Learn From His Father
At this point in The Song of Solomon, Milkman has learned a great deal about his parents Macon Sr and Ruth. At first Milkman viewed his father as an abusive person that few people liked. Milkman begins to personally separate himself from his father because he doesn’t want people to think they are similar. This leads to Milkman drinking, smoking and growing facial hair because he wants to be different in all ways. Milkman doesn’t even take care of his money and spends it irresponsibly, to separate himself from his father. Things drastically change when his father abuses his mother and Milkman responds by hitting Macon back. Milkman then threatens to hurt him if he touches his mother again. At this instance Milkman learns a lot about the details
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