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Mothers in Song of Solomon

In the Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison sets up an in depth look at the mother-child relationships for many of the characters. When reading it is easy to make connections about how the mothers treated their children and how they turned out. Ruth turned Milkman into a man who fears commitment. Pilate turned Reba into a woman who craves male love. And Reba spoiled her daughter Hagar, which lead her to think she was the center of the universe.
The way Ruth raised her son had profound consequences. She breast fed him until he was much too old. The exact age is never stated, so the reader gets to use his or her imagination, but he is clearly past the acceptable age limit because when _____ see's the sight he immediately spreads the word and as an outcome Macon is given his new name, Milkman. Ruth has her motives of course; being deprived of sexual activity by her husband when she was still a young woman led her to crave any male intimacy she could find,......

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