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 down the house when he is drunk. Cholly is
Premium Toni Morrison The Bluest Eye Fiction
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
Premium Psychology Abuse Mental disorder
Hurt‚ Hurt: Eliciting Sympathy for the Unsympathetic in ‘The Bluest Eye’ Case Study: Cholly Breedlove “There is really nothing more to say—except why. But since why is difficult to handle‚ one must take refuge in how.” Toni Morrison‚ The Bluest Eye Set in Ohio in 1941‚ In The Bluest Eye tells the story of Pecola Breedlove‚ a black 11-year-old girl who is raped by her father‚ Cholly. Eliciting sympathy for Cholly might seem impossible‚ as we will see that his unfathomable act ultimately destroys his
Premium Toni Morrison Rape
and were told whites are 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
Premium Black people African American Race
able to find well paying jobs. In reality‚ many of those jobs were only reserved for whites. This would lead to the parents of the family getting agitated and begin to fight with one another. Family and abuse go hand in 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
Premium
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.
Free Human skin color Family Time
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
Premium The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison Monologue
desolated future. These circumstances are what connects Pecola to her father Cholly Breedlove. The absence of positive parental figures and in Cholly Breedlove’s childhood leaves him a broken man. Due to Cholly’s past‚ the nuclear family that he has in the father role in‚ should theoretically work. “However [the] family is led by an individual who cannot foster love in his own home” (Andrews 142). With the last name Breedlove‚ it could be considered that Cholly’s family would essentially breed-love
Premium Family Mother Father
Akeem Wynn September 23‚ 2010 English 1A In the novel‚ The Bluest Eye‚ the Breedlove family were the most frowned upon and talked about family due in part to Cholly‚ the patriarch’s‚ violence toward his family. He quarreled and physically fought his wife habitually‚ successfully burned down their house and even fathered a stillborn with his own daughter. Some characters in the novel say that Cholly is just a crazy old drunk who doesn’t care about anyone and‚ since he is the only one causing
Premium Family Mother Marriage
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
Premium Family Woman Gender