major+themes


 * Analysis of three major themes**

When Pecola had to be with her family, she had to work with her family getting coal by the railroads. Claudia tells in the book how grown ups treat kids like slaves. She also talks about a man named Mr. Henry that they loved very much. This means there was alot of tough love in the book. Parents in this story act are way different from times now. Just like how Claudia Mom and Dad didnt really care about her as long as she did what they told her to do. which is really wrong from my perspective. Now days if you treat children like that you could get abuse chargers pressed upon you. I dont think Claudia had no choice but do what her parents said because if she didnt do it she would have got the living crap beat out of her. So in this book it was showing sexual initiation and abuse because Pecolas Dad raped her, and Claudia and Frieda tried to help her get out of the house she was living in because she found out she was preganant by her Dad. But she did not want to get an abortion so she moved in with Claudia and Frieda. But when she had her baby it did not survive but moments after it was born. Another thing in this book is the fact Mr.Henry touched Frieda on her chest. So Frieda told her Dad he went to beat Mr. Henry up. And after Friedas dad bet Mr. Henry up he never layed a hand on Freida ever again. After that Mr.Henry must have moved away because he was never heard from in the book anymore. You can also explain being put in someone else shoes tosee there point of view. I can put myself in thier shoes as well. When Pecola got raped by her Dad she probably felt really bad beacause that her Dad. She probably felt hurt and humiliated, because of how everybody shows hatred towards her, they probably feel she was being too fast. She wishes she had those blue eyes, so she could be treated like the blue eyed blonde haired little girls, and she wishes the situation didnt happen the way it did. I know if i was in her shoes I would feel really bad because its pitiful thats her own dad, why someone would do that? i would probably go crazy and go back and kill him. But i guess when your in that kind of situation you have no choice but to go along with it or you will get the crap beat out of you.
 * Tough Love**
 * Sexual Initiation & Abuse**
 * Seeing vs. Being seen**

Tough Love: When Pecola had her period for the first time she didn't know what to do so she got Frieda to help her put cotton in between her legs, to stop the leak. Rosemary spotted them behind a bush, so she tells their mother that Frieda and Claudia were out playing nasty. Mrs. MacTeer opened the window and looked down at them. Then she came running out the back door and pulled out a switch and began beating Frieda then Pecola, then when she got to Claudia she began to explain that they were just trying to help her during her menstration. Page 30.