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Next Section Imagery Previous Section Metaphors and Similes Buy Study Guide How To Cite in MLA Format Borey, Eddie. This incident leaves an indelible mark on Cholly, but ironically instead of blaming and hating the white men, he hates his sex partner, the young black girl, who is also a victim of the white mens’ gazes. The men command Cholly to continue, and use his intimate moment for their own amusement and sport. When Cholly is a young boy a pair of white hunters catch him in the middle of having sex with a young black girl. He was small, black, helpless” (Morrison 115). Such an emotion would have destroyed him. Never did he once consider directing his hatred toward the hunters. “Sullen, irritable, he cultivated his hatred of Darlene. Cholly’s Hate Towards Darlene (Situational Irony) The irony of a mother abandoning her own daughter for someone else’s, resulting in the undoing of her own child, is an example of irony of fate, because the situation causes us to question the fairness of the universe. Breedlove given even an ounce of the care and attention to Pecola that she has given to the Fishers, perhaps Pecola’s story would be different. Breedlove increasingly neglects her own house, children, and husband, to the point where she doesn't notice Cholly’s abuse of their daughter until it is much too late, and Pecola is forever changed. Breedlove showers the little Fisher girl with all the love, care, and devotion she should shower on her own young daughter, who ironically is the one in dire need of human love and attention. Her love and effort is transferred to the Fishers, particularly their young daughter.
Breedlove keeps that vow, but when she goes back to work, ceases being a child herself, and starts to “become,” that love sours and withers away, replaced by indifference and dislike. And in the first few years after Pecola is born, Mrs. Breedlove vows to love her unborn baby no matter what it looks like. “More and more she neglected her house, her children, her man-they were like the afterthoughts one has just before sleep, the early-morning and late-evening edges of her day, the dark edges that made the daily life with the Fishers lighter, more delicate, more lovely” (Morrison 98). Clearly, Claudia’s jealousy is the naive feeling of a young girl, but it’s still highly ironic, and darkly comedic. Henry Washington sexually assaulting Frieda or having scarlet fever. Ironically, this includes even bad or traumatic experiences, such as Mr. Anyway, what happened at the garden?” (Morrison 74)Īs the younger child, Claudia is constantly jealous that her sister gets to experience and “have” things first. What about scarlet fever? You had that first." "No, I just get tired of having everything last." "Oh, Claudia, you're jealous of everything. “Well, what would you do? Set there and let him pinch you?" I looked at my chest. Breedlove’s life miserable also brings her satisfaction and fulfillment. This is an example of situational irony, because one of the things that makes Mrs. On the contrary, she relies on Cholly’s failures, because they give her purpose, make her feel righteous, and allow her to continue a self-imposed martyrdom. Breedlove doesn’t desire a stop to her husband’s drinking.
The lower he sank, the wilder and more irresponsible he became, the more splendid she and her task became” (Morrison 30).Ĭholly’s alcoholism is a key source of the Breedlove’s poverty and suffering, but ironically Mrs. “If Cholly had stopped drinking, she would never have forgiven Jesus. Buy Study Guide Cholly’s Drinking (Situational Irony)
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