Text: Song of Solomon
Lens: Psychoanalytical
Throughout the novel we get to watch Milkman grow up to become a somewhat acceptable adult. Even though that is all he really aspires to be, he is still out of place. One of his biggest "secrets" is his undersized leg. He constantly tries to hide it and therefore actually ends up hiding his feeling coming from a sense of insecurity. In the beginning he is very immature, acting only in ways that would benefit himself and no one else. He generally fits in with the wealthy class, but even then he is seemingly out of place due to his leg and just the insecurity that ends up showing through. Even the kids at his school notice this and decide to pick on him, which doesn't help, because he then goes home and does not act very nice to his sisters or mother. Later on when he is an adult, his personality is still a bit off and you can notice this due to him walking the wrong way in crowds and just not being able to fit in. Even though he learns to be compassionate in the end, it doesn't seem like he knows that until it is too late and his friend actually dies. This development happened late, because he came from a place of immaturity that was actually passed down through his ancestors.
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