... they will 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 enters into this world, as Macon Dead forces his wife to attempt an abortion of ... calls for it, but by the time he is fourteen, the only similarity he finds that he shares with his...

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