are tender beings but the inconsideration of the mother while they were trying to help a fellow being in need destroys further prospects of their helping others.
Another instance of inconsiderate parenthood is that of Geraldine who is a diligent housewife and a mother, yet is cold, ignorant and indifferent towards her son. She only feels real affection for her blue-eyed black cat. As a result her son turns rebellious and a bully. He abused the cat, Pecola and ends up killing the cat.
Here is your kitten! He screeched. And he threw a bi black cat in her face She subked in her breath in fear and surprise and felt fur in her mouth. The cat clawed her face and chest…Pecola was crying… he snatched the cat by one of its hind legs and began …show more content…
However, on the other hand we have a very different picture when we have a look at the Macteers’ family. The MacTeer parents pursue familial and communal values share a positive and stable relationship with each other. They are not obsessed with the white ideals of beauty and so rather concentrate on providing support, strength and warmth to their children which is absent in the former one. The MacTeer girls protest positively to the white culture because their family develops in them a positive self- attitude. It is a marked contrast to Pecola’s surrender to the alien culture. Mr. MacTeer is a dutiful parent. He is loved by his daughters and they value each other. He protects his girls in a manner that Cholly Breedlove can never do- he gets aggressive when he learns that Mr. Henry had tried to molest Frieda.
Mrs. MacTeer is a strong mother and prepares her daughters for surviving in the complex society in which they resided. She provides them a sense of security and self worth so that they do not get lost in the white culture. She thus wins the battle that Pauline loses. In the incident where she had mistakenly spanked her daughter while they were helping Pecola when she menstruated for the first time, we see that as soon as she realizes her mistake she pulled both of them towards her, their heads against her stomach and her eyes were sorry. This act shows that parental love is scarcely verbalized but even then the MacTeer children are aware of a constant familial
Another instance of inconsiderate parenthood is that of Geraldine who is a diligent housewife and a mother, yet is cold, ignorant and indifferent towards her son. She only feels real affection for her blue-eyed black cat. As a result her son turns rebellious and a bully. He abused the cat, Pecola and ends up killing the cat.
Here is your kitten! He screeched. And he threw a bi black cat in her face She subked in her breath in fear and surprise and felt fur in her mouth. The cat clawed her face and chest…Pecola was crying… he snatched the cat by one of its hind legs and began …show more content…
However, on the other hand we have a very different picture when we have a look at the Macteers’ family. The MacTeer parents pursue familial and communal values share a positive and stable relationship with each other. They are not obsessed with the white ideals of beauty and so rather concentrate on providing support, strength and warmth to their children which is absent in the former one. The MacTeer girls protest positively to the white culture because their family develops in them a positive self- attitude. It is a marked contrast to Pecola’s surrender to the alien culture. Mr. MacTeer is a dutiful parent. He is loved by his daughters and they value each other. He protects his girls in a manner that Cholly Breedlove can never do- he gets aggressive when he learns that Mr. Henry had tried to molest Frieda.
Mrs. MacTeer is a strong mother and prepares her daughters for surviving in the complex society in which they resided. She provides them a sense of security and self worth so that they do not get lost in the white culture. She thus wins the battle that Pauline loses. In the incident where she had mistakenly spanked her daughter while they were helping Pecola when she menstruated for the first time, we see that as soon as she realizes her mistake she pulled both of them towards her, their heads against her stomach and her eyes were sorry. This act shows that parental love is scarcely verbalized but even then the MacTeer children are aware of a constant familial