Cholly Breedlove Character Analysis

Cholly Breedlove had experienced many sufferings throughout his life from the time he was born and to the time of his death. Cholly had been mistreated by his mother and white men. He suffered from abandonment, hatred of women and self-hatred. His mother abandoned him when he was a baby by throwing him in the garbage. His old Aunt Jimmy rescued him and raised him as her own. He never had his father or his mother in his life to teach him how to be a man. As his Aunt Jimmy died from sickness. On the same day of his aunt funeral, Cholly had sex for the first time and he was caught by two white men and forced to keep going while they watched. Instead of hating the men, he put all of his hatred towards the woman. This incident had Cholly disliking women. He had no respect towards women. Cholly did not …show more content…
She believed in the idea of romance in movies. The movies made Pauline feel like she was a superstar and gave her hope. As she is chewing on candy, her tooth falls out. She then began to feel ugly. She felt ugly and she people define her as ugly and worthless because she believed it. She was not happy when she gave birth to Pecola. She said that her own daughter was ugly. They believed that they were ugly as a family. Pauline is a product to the environment because, she allowed people to define her and her family. She felt more comfortable working in a white family home than being with her own family.
They were impossible parents because the children never felt loved by their parents. Pauline and Cholly did not know how to be parents because they have never felt any love from their families. Pauline was ignored by her family and Cholly never really had parents, so they did not know how to be parents. Cholly’s drinking was so bad that he and his wife would fight a lot. Pauline and Cholly thrived well from fighting. They somehow felt a sense of belonging when they