... conform to their family's ideals and way of living. This is precisely the choice proposed to Milkman in Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon. Likewise, the entire line of Buendias in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 100 Years of Solitude is shown as a whole conglomeration of family traits, including both strengths and weaknesses. Milkman's filial struggle to be accepted by his father begins before he even ... ancestry. Down the road that is his life, Milkman sets out to discover his past by uncovering that of his father's. It is this similar sense of ancestral connection that Marquez weaves powerful...

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