The story revolves around generations, past and present, of a black family in the south. The character of Milkman (Macon Dead jr.) evolves through the descriptions, events, and experiences of others. His parents, Macon Dead sr., and Ruth Foster Dead, represent the symbolic wall, blocking Milkman from his true identity. Many of Milkman's major problems are a direct result of his parent’s suffocating mistakes. Ruth breast-fed Milkman until he was six years old, hence the name Milkman. She is sexually repressed by her husband for twenty years, and used her young son as a substitute for sexual intimacy. Ruth believesthat she was insignificant and isolated. By passing these negative attributes and emotions to Milkman she disturbed his natural process for growth, and ultimately left him feeling lost and insecure. Instead of encouraging Milkman to g

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