Stream of consciousness is writing to imitate the thoughts, feelings, and reactions of characters in a continuous flow. This is seen in the short and long sentences of the passage, such as the rhetorical questions Milkman asks himself. He asks himself questions in the form of “So what?” to “Stand up?” » and even to “And how did I forget that?” ". These show the thought process Milkman went through to remember how he got his name. The rhetorical questions show how Milkman deals with the new information he has about his mother. It is this stream of consciousness that helps the reader understand who Milkman is by following his chain of