I found the imagery in the last scene with drunk Milkman and Lena very interesting. Lena shows Milkman the dying maple tree. Lena informs Milkman that the tree grew from a twig that she had gathered with flowers that he had peed on when he was little and accidentally peed on Lena. She claims that by soiling the flowers and the twig (which grew into the tree), Milkman is responsible for their deaths. Lena also claims that by soiling Lena literally and all the women in his house figuratively (by not respecting them caring about them, and making fun of them), he is responsible for what happens as a result of his actions towards them, the most recent of which being ruining Corinthians' relationship with Porter by telling Macon. Lena's ending message ties the image of the dying, soiled tree and the "soiled" women toghether by warning Milkman to be wary of his actions or else Lena will take action in some way. I think that the image of her large eyes after putting on her glasses was very telling of her new watchfulness of her baby brother.
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