... indirectly raped. His distorted understanding of parenting and forced sexual acts was reflected in his adulthood. The emotional damage Cholly suffered as a child is reflected in his parenting to Pecola. Pecola suffered the consequences of the distraught childhood Cholly experienced. She witnesses the acts of violence at her ... money to ensure Pecola a safe pregnancy. When Pecola lost her baby, Claudia and Frieda stopped socializing with her, "not because she was absurd, or repulsive, or because we were frightened, but because we had failed her" (Morrison, 205). They still care and loved...

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• Grade Level: High School