Revengeful The Description of Cholly Breedlove, Pecola’s father .1 Irresponsible

Pecola believes that everything she suffers from is because of her eyes. Her eyes make her isolated from her family, teachers, and classmates. Everybody does not like her because of her eyes. Everybody sees her ugliness and looks down to her because of her eyes. “Try as she might, she could never get her eyes to disappear. So what was the point? They were everything. Everything was there, in them. All of those pictures, all of those faces” 45. According to Erikson, a child like Pecola will begin to understand what is happening in her society and if the child’s needs are not fulfilled in the family, she will feel that something is missing in her life and tries to find her own identity. That is exactly happens to Pecola. She wishes if she could have beautiful eyes, everybody would like her and she will be able to stop her parents’ fights and her family will live happily ever after. She believes that her parents will not fight in front of her beautiful eyes. Pecola also believes that if she has the beautiful eyes, she will be able to see the good things in her life. Because all she wants is to have a good life, but what is happen to her is the opposite. All people around her reject her; even her own parents reject her. Pecola is losing her self-confidence. She unconsciously blames herself for being an Afro-American girl and being ugly, because with this appearance, she suffers bad things on her life. That is why, to escape from her real life, she dreams of having the bluest eye. It had occurred to Pecola some time ago that if her eyes, those eyes that held the pictures, and knew the sights-if those eyes were different, that is to say, beautiful, she herself would be different. Her teeth were good, and at least the nose was not big and flat like some of those who were thought so cute. If she looked different, beautiful, maybe Cholly would be different, and Mrs. Breedlove too. Maybe they’d say, “Why, look at pretty-eyed Pecola. We musn’t do bad things in front of those pretty eyes 46.” It is also described that Pauline does not give enough attention and care to Pecola as she should. She is supposed to be the closest person of Pecola and provides her with love and comfort. But, she is too busy with the new family she works for, the Fishers family. Since Mrs. Breedlove works for the Fishers family, she begins to neglect her house and family. She does not care about her family or house anymore. Mrs. Breedlove compares the situation of her family and the Fishers family. She sees the perfection in the Fishers family and she sees that there is only disaster in her family. She considers her family as a burden for her. She really enjoys working in the Fishers family; she starts to give affection and love to the Fishers family. According to Erik Erikson’s stages of development, at the age like Pecola, she begins to understand what happens in her family or society 84. At this age, Pecola tries to search for her self-identity. Craig also adds that during this period, a child is experiencing many new things that will prepare her for adolescence and adulthood 396. In the novel, Pecola experiences the same thing. More and more she neglected her house, her children, her man –they 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. It was her good fortune to find a permanent job in the home of a well-to-do family whose members are affectionate, appreciative, and generous. 127. By neglecting her own family and not giving love and good examples to her children, Pauline implements the unwanted and insecure feelings to Pecola. Feeling unwanted by her family, Pecola starts losing her self-confidence and starts to have the fantasy of having the bluest eye. At that time, Pecola is hallucinating herself talking to a friend. She tells her friend that she has the bluest eyes already, and she is so happy about her eyes. “Just because I got blue eyes, bluer than theirs, they’re prejudiced” 197. Pecola wishes to have the bluest eyes, so that everyone will admire her only. Here comes someone. Look at his. See if they’re bluer You’re being silly. I’m not going to look at everybody’s eyes You have to No, I don’t. Please. If there is somebody with bluer eyes than mine, than maybe there is somebody with the bluest eyes. The bluest eyes in the whole world 203 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI