positive purpose, or role in this story. He played the part of a real role-model, someone you could look up to, or go to in times of trouble, and definitely produced positive character development in other characters.Soaphead Church however was another story. A perverted West Indian with light brown skin from the islands, he’s a closet homosexual who also has a fetish for young girls to satisfy his sexual appetite. “I gave them mints, money, and they’d eat ice cream with their legs open while I played with them.” (Morrison 181) This guy was probably just as, if not more evil than Cholly Breedlove. Cholly had his past to blame for his sins. This guy was brought up right from what I read. Plus he molested more girls than Cholly did, and took great pleasure in it. For Cholly, it was more of a spur of the moment thing. Soaphead Church is also a cruel man as well. He has Pecola poison a dog, and promises her that if the dog dies, she will get blue eyes. “And mark how well he behaves. If nothing happens, you will know God has refused you. If the animal behaves strangely, your wish will be granted on the day following this one” (Morrison 175). Finally, he is critical of God, and actually claims that he plays God better than God plays himself. His role in the story was to try to bring some sense of religion into the setting, as well as influence character development. He does a fine job of that, telling God himself that he’s wrong, and having little girls poison dogs under the pretense that they’ll get blue eyes if the dog dies. Again, another example of a male character being used to stimulate developments in characters, and in the story itself.The rest of the male characters in this story are minor on the scale of evilness. Mr. Henry is also a sexual predator, who gets his butt in a ringer when he feels up Frieda one afternoon at the Macteer household. He narrowly escapes with his life after ol...
