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. Pauline always seemed to
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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
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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
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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 character
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the novel the reader is introduced to a number of characters. A character that often catches a reader’s eye 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
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Workshop Description: Supporting Student Learning across the Curriculum - with Pauline Gibbons | In an English-medium school‚ many students will be learning English as a second (or subsequent) language. Such students are not only learning a new language‚ but learning through that language at the same time‚ and so they are faced with the challenge of simultaneously learning curriculum content while developing academic/subject-related English. This requires teachers to take a dual focus in their
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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
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1. Why is it necessary that actions proceed from moral and spiritual vision? It is necessary that actions proceed from moral and spiritual vision because the attainment or accomplishment of our vision or goals is when we will be able to put it into action. What is in hearts and minds must be seen through our actions because grace to Apostle Paul work in the inside out. Like Apostle Paul‚ his ethical teaching flows from a moral vision. For him‚ to be a Christian is to able to do God’s will. To
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influences lead her to believe in the preposterous concept that if she were to achieve physical beauty‚ her life would improve. From the day Pecola was born‚ she failed to meet the expectations of the first person she came in contact with‚ her mother‚ Pauline. After the birth of Pecola‚ her mother exclaimed‚”She looked different than what I thought [...] but Lord she was ugly”(Morrison 126). Pecola was struck with immediate rejection at the beginning of her life. During Pauline’s pregnancy with Pecola
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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
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