The Milkman's Self-Search in Song of Solomon Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon is the story of the milkman's self-search. Milkman seems destined for a life of isolation and self-alienation. The Deads exemplify the patriarchal nuclear family that has been a stable and fundamental feature of American society. The family is the institution responsible for producing children, maintaining them, and providing individuals with the means to understand their place in the world order. But this nuclear patriarchal family creates many of the problems it is supposed to solve. What represses the Dead is their father, Macon: his single-minded ambition, his unscrupulous greed, his materialism, and his lack of nourishment for his family. Macon isn't focused on being a loving, caring father; it focuses instead on another aspect of fatherhood, the acquisition of ownership. Macon aspires to own property and other people as well. His words to his son: "Let me tell you right now the only important thing you will ever need to know: own things. And let the things you own own other things too. Then own yourself and other people too ." ". Owning things as well as other people is a pretty remarkable statement, coming from a descendant of slaves. Macon did not inherit this trait from his father, although he mistakenly thinks so. His father owned things that "made people grow " other things, they did not "own" other things. Pilate Dead, Macon's younger sister, is a stark contrast to her brother and his family. Macon loves property and money and this determines the nature of his relationships with others .Pilate has a complete disregard for status, occupation, hygiene and good manners and has the capacity to respect, love and trust. Her self-sufficiency and isolation prevent her from being trapped or destroyed by the decadent values ​​that they threaten his brother's life. The first part of the novel details the birth of Macon Dead III, the first black baby ever born at Mercy Hospital, who was named by the African-American community No-Mercy Hospital. He acquires the name Milkman when people discover that his mother is still breastfeeding him long after it is considered normal to do so. His father, Macon Dead, is a cold and insensitive man who places excessive importance on material wealth and intimidates everyone he comes into contact with. Macon forbids Milkman from visiting his Aunt Pilate because his eccentric ways, his unkempt appearance, and his stubborn insistence on producing bootleg liquor embarrass him..