Odd, yet Effective, Character Development

            In Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon, a plethora of characters have odd character development, especially pertaining to their age or the era in which it takes place; however, I find this to most relevant with Macon Dead III, or Milkman. Milkman, despite being over 30 years old, still lives at home, along with his two sisters who are even in their 40s. What I find to be especially odd is that whilst having a conversation with his father he refers to him as “Daddy” (164), which is completely inappropriate for a full-grown man. Also, as shown by the lengthy paragraph on page 165 in which he describes everything wrong in his life, he seems to have absolutely no control over any aspect of his life, which is relatively unrealistic, but the way in which he describes it makes it seem as if he is victimized makes it ridiculous. Why do so many of his actions mirror those of a young child when in fact he is a full-grown man? I believe that these developments are largely used  to emphasize  how his warped childhood and family dysfunction has affected him so greatly.