The mulberry tree anecdote reinforces the sense of disconnection and lack of companionship Trevor felt in his childhood.
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This story shows how Trevor could not fit into either the white communities or the black communities, as he was not seen as someone who belonged to either of these two groups and it reminds him how much he was lonely and without companions during his childhood.
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