Cholly, Pecola’s Father, was abandoned by his parents and raised by his auntie. She died when Cholly was a teen. He was humiliated by two white men who found him in the process of losing his virginity and made him continue while they watched and made fun of him. When he met Pauline, he was a crazed and hurt man and soon felt trapped in his marriage and lost interest in his life. One day, Cholly comes home and finds Pecola washing dishes. This triggers mixed motivations of lust and hatred which leads to him raping Pecola. Pauline finds her daughter unconscious on the floor and doesn’t believe Pecola’s story and beats her. Pecola then goes to Soaphead Church, a sham mystic, and asks him for blue eyes. The quote tells the reader the feelings Soaphead was going through after Pecola asked him for the blue eyes. Soaphead feels bad for the little black girl because no one has recognized her substance beauty. Soaphead then feels a surge of anger because the white beauty standard has deformed the life of this poor innocent black girl. She was raised to believe that surface beauty (blue eyes) is what will get her
Cholly, Pecola’s Father, was abandoned by his parents and raised by his auntie. She died when Cholly was a teen. He was humiliated by two white men who found him in the process of losing his virginity and made him continue while they watched and made fun of him. When he met Pauline, he was a crazed and hurt man and soon felt trapped in his marriage and lost interest in his life. One day, Cholly comes home and finds Pecola washing dishes. This triggers mixed motivations of lust and hatred which leads to him raping Pecola. Pauline finds her daughter unconscious on the floor and doesn’t believe Pecola’s story and beats her. Pecola then goes to Soaphead Church, a sham mystic, and asks him for blue eyes. The quote tells the reader the feelings Soaphead was going through after Pecola asked him for the blue eyes. Soaphead feels bad for the little black girl because no one has recognized her substance beauty. Soaphead then feels a surge of anger because the white beauty standard has deformed the life of this poor innocent black girl. She was raised to believe that surface beauty (blue eyes) is what will get her