would improve. From the day Pecola was born‚ she failed to meet the expectations of the first person she came in contact with‚ her mother‚ Pauline. After the birth of Pecola‚ her mother exclaimed‚”She looked different than what I thought [...] but Lord she was ugly”(Morrison 126). Pecola was struck with immediate rejection at the beginning of her life. During Pauline’s pregnancy with Pecola she imagined what her daughter would look like (124). She would talk to Pecola while she was still in the womb
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Pauline Breedlove‚ Pecola’s mother‚ also has a self-hate complex. It may not be as drastic as Pecola’s‚ but is revealed again and again. She goes to the movies to watch the white superstars of the silver screen. Pauline attempts to look like Jean Harlow‚ a white movie star‚ to feel better about herself. Soon after‚ Mrs. Breedlove loses a tooth. This incident sent her over the edge‚ bringing her to the realization that she will never live up to the caucasian standard of beauty. The movies become
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better. They couldn’t go against these white people since they were powerless and weak like the Breedlove family in the Bluest Eye. African American families such as the Breedlove family have accepted the idea of white supremacy which makes them feel useless. As a result‚ they often accept that lighter people in their own race are better. The Breedlove family are poor black people that are looked down on
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Tony Morrison portrays a little girl by the name Pecola as the main character in his Novel‚ The Bluest Eye. Pecola thinks she is ugly because she is black and so is people around her. She is abused‚ neglected and she feels hatred within herself. She interacts with people both grown-ups and kids and they have shown her that she does not fit in their community. With the mentality of her being ugly‚ Pecola thinks by having blue eyes then her life would change and she would be termed be beautiful. She
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A character that often catches a reader’s eye is Cholly Breedlove. “The way you treat people says a lot about who you are‚” This quote by Thema Davis can easily be used to describe Cholly Breedlove. Cholly Breedlove is a damaged individual. Cholly is the husband of Pauline Breedlove and father to Sam and Pecola Breedlove. He is quickly introduced as an intemperate individual at the beginning of the novel when the reader learns that Pecola moves in with the Macteers because Cholly attempts to burn
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characters‚ Cholly Breedlove‚ can be examined through a Freudian psychoanalytic lens‚ as he struggles with things like the structure of his personality and the Oedipal complex. Cholly is clearly a troubled man and throughout the story he experiences difficulty in trying to find a balance between his id and superego. Cholly also struggles with the Oedipal complex‚ raping his daughter‚ Pecola. This action ties in with his id‚ in that he acts impulsively to fulfill his wants. Cholly Breedlove‚ a main character
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hand when it comes to the Breedlove family. In The Bluest Eye‚ the family are both exploited by the ones they love due to their vulnerability and their weakness. Pecola has heard and seen abuse everyday‚ mainly her parents fight constantly. Each
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Character Analysis Paper Pauline Breedlove (Polly)‚ one of the main characters of the story‚ who is also the mother of Pecola and Sammy Breedlove and spouse of Cholly Breedlove‚ can be seen as a violent figure towards her family and seems to have a negative out look on life. The reason behind all this behavior can be better understood if we were to take into account of her past‚ the time frame this story was in‚ and which then would bring us to how its affecting others around her.
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parent’s drill into her head that she is unattractive. Pecola Breedlove comes to admit she is ugly as she starts obsessing over the idea of having the bluest eyes to make her attractive. Pecola full-heartedly believes that blue eyes are a necessity for beauty and if she were to by some means acquire them‚ all of her problems in life would disappear. “Why‚ look at pretty-eyed Pecola. We mustn’t do bad things in front of those pretty eyes” (46). Pecola assumes blue eyes are the key to gaining admiration
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examines the effect of different mothers on their respective children through the characters of Mrs. MacTeer and Mrs. Breedlove. Throughout the novel‚ both characters express their thoughts and feelings through words‚ with Mrs. MacTeer having a few fussy soliloquies and Mrs. Breedlove having a few interior monologues to get their points across. Although Mrs. MacTeer and Mrs. Breedlove are two entirely different individuals‚ their respective fussy soliloquies and interior monologues greatly reflect one
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