aught as a teenager in a fieldwith Darlene by two white men, "never did he once consider directing hishatred toward the hunters"(150), rather her directed his hatred towards the girlbecause hating the white men would "consume" him. He was powerlessagainst the white men and was unable to protect Darlene from them as well.This caused his to hate her for being in the situation with him and for realizinghow powerless her really was. Also, Cholly felt that any misery his daughtersuffered was his fault, and looking in to Pecola's loving eyes angered himbecause her wondered, "What could her do for her - ever? What give her?What say to her?"(161) Cholly's failures led him to hate those that he failed,most of all his family. Pecola's mother, Polly Breedlove, also wrongly placedher anger on her family. As a result of having a deformed foot, Polly hadalways had a feeling of unworthiness and separateness. With her own children,"sometimes I'd catch myself hollering at them and beating them, but I couldn'tseem to stop"(124). She stopped taking care of her own children and herhome and took care of a white family and their home. She found praise, love,and acceptance with the Fisher family, and it is for these reasons that shestayed with them. She had been deprived of such feelings from her familywhen growing up and in turn deprived her own family of these same feelings.Polly "held Cholly as a mode on sin and failure, she bore him like a crown ofthorns, and her children like a cross"(126). Pecola's friend Claudia is angry atthe beauty of whiteness and attempts to dismember white dolls to find wheretheir beauty lies. There is a sarcastic tone in her voice when she spoke ofhaving to be "worthy" to play with the dolls. Later, when telling the story as apast experience, she describes the adults' tone of voice as being filled withyears of unfulfilled longing, perhaps a longing to be themselves beautifullywhite. Claudia herself was happiest when she stood up ...
