Claudia and Frieda MacTeer live in Lorain, Ohio with their mother and father. Even though the MacTeers do not have a lot of money to spare, they still take in a man named Mr. Henry and a little girl named Pecola Breedlove. She goes to live with the MacTeers because her father attempted to burn the house down. While Pecola is at the MacTeer house, she experiences menstruation. Pecola soon has to go back to live with her biological family. Pecola does not enjoy living with her family at all. The Breedloves live in a small cold storefront. Pecola’s father, Cholly, is a drunk and takes pleasure in abusing his family. Mrs. Breedlove is also abusive to children and Cholly. Pecola’s brother, Sammy, likes to run away from the abuse, while Pecola only
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However, the girls eventually befriend her. One day after school the three girls see Pecola getting bullied and rescue her. After the rescue, Maureen is nice, but then she becomes evil. She teases Pecola about seeing her father naked. Even though she is also black, she makes fun of Claudia, Frieda, and Pecola. This is the racism within the same race. Maureen thought she was better than the girls because she was a lighter skin tone. When Claudia and Frieda return home, they see Mr. Henry. He gives the girls money to go get candy. The girls come back home to see Mr. Henry doing nasty things with the whores. Mr. Henry told the girls not to tell Mrs. MacTeer, and they did not. Geraldine was a black women who was emotionless towards her family, except her black cat, and a perfectionist. Her son, Junior, saw Pecola waling across the playground one day. He invited her to his house to see the cat. She was excited to see his beautiful home and cat. He eventually showed his nasty side and started making fun of Pecola. He also started spinning the cat around until Pecola grabbed his arm, and the cat flew across the room and hit something. Geraldine walked in and blamed Pecola for the cat’s …show more content…
This is the girl Cholly has his first sexual experience with. Although he enjoys it at first, two white men come along to ruin it by laughing at him and ordering him to finish. Cholly becomes embarrassed and angry. After this incident, he decided to take off and find his father. Once he finds Samson Fuller, he is disappointed. His own father had rejected him. Cholly was then free to do whatever he pleased. After marrying Pauline and being with her for awhile, he became bored and found nothing interesting besides drinking and fighting. One day he came home drunk and saw Pecola washing dishes. She looked exactly how Pauline looked when he fell in love with her. The image standing in front of him made him recall the feelings and actions he took towards Pauline. He could not help himself. He was driven by lust and despair. He had raped his own daughter. Claudia and Frieda want to help Pecola out because no one in the town feels sympathy for her. Pecola finds out about the perverted man who believes he can grant wishes and has the help of God. His name is Soaphead Church. She goes to him asking for blue eyes to feel beautiful, and he says that her wish will become true very
However, the girls eventually befriend her. One day after school the three girls see Pecola getting bullied and rescue her. After the rescue, Maureen is nice, but then she becomes evil. She teases Pecola about seeing her father naked. Even though she is also black, she makes fun of Claudia, Frieda, and Pecola. This is the racism within the same race. Maureen thought she was better than the girls because she was a lighter skin tone. When Claudia and Frieda return home, they see Mr. Henry. He gives the girls money to go get candy. The girls come back home to see Mr. Henry doing nasty things with the whores. Mr. Henry told the girls not to tell Mrs. MacTeer, and they did not. Geraldine was a black women who was emotionless towards her family, except her black cat, and a perfectionist. Her son, Junior, saw Pecola waling across the playground one day. He invited her to his house to see the cat. She was excited to see his beautiful home and cat. He eventually showed his nasty side and started making fun of Pecola. He also started spinning the cat around until Pecola grabbed his arm, and the cat flew across the room and hit something. Geraldine walked in and blamed Pecola for the cat’s …show more content…
This is the girl Cholly has his first sexual experience with. Although he enjoys it at first, two white men come along to ruin it by laughing at him and ordering him to finish. Cholly becomes embarrassed and angry. After this incident, he decided to take off and find his father. Once he finds Samson Fuller, he is disappointed. His own father had rejected him. Cholly was then free to do whatever he pleased. After marrying Pauline and being with her for awhile, he became bored and found nothing interesting besides drinking and fighting. One day he came home drunk and saw Pecola washing dishes. She looked exactly how Pauline looked when he fell in love with her. The image standing in front of him made him recall the feelings and actions he took towards Pauline. He could not help himself. He was driven by lust and despair. He had raped his own daughter. Claudia and Frieda want to help Pecola out because no one in the town feels sympathy for her. Pecola finds out about the perverted man who believes he can grant wishes and has the help of God. His name is Soaphead Church. She goes to him asking for blue eyes to feel beautiful, and he says that her wish will become true very