All she sees is a poor, lower-class child. She discards any facts, and in fact doesnРІР‚в„ўt even ask for an accounting of events. Geraldine, in seeing her dead cat and hearing the accusation of Junior, had a choice to make, acknowledge that her son might be lying or that Pecola actually did kill the cat. Would you venture to say she is scapegoating Pecola? For her, Pecola represents poverty, slovenliness, wordless suffering, and hopelessness, РІР‚СљThe end of the world lay in their eyes, and the beginning, and all the waste in betweenРІР‚Сњ (p. Geraldine sees Pecola as a type, not as an individual, not as a needy, innocent child. Henry is involved in some negative aspect of the coming stories. Even after what came later, there was no bitterness in our memory of him,РІР‚Сњ hints that Mr. HenryРІР‚в„ўs body insinuated to me that something was amiss. The core story is innocent enough, but the language the narrator uses to describe how the girlsРІР‚в„ў hands wandered over Mr. HenryРІР‚в„ўs hiding the coin and having the children pat his body to find it? If so, would this help to prepare for his later action in molesting Frieda? WhatРІР‚в„ўs your opinion? Is there the suggestion of sexuality in Mr. Winter being especially harsh, she notes, he is especially hard on his family so as to ensure their survival. Fathers, in this interpretation, do not need to be nice. Especially in this paragraph, he is the master and protector of his household. He is the traditional view or the father figure. Does the imagery Claudia uses to describe him in the first paragraph stress the gentle, soft aspects of nature or its harshness? What was your interpretation? IsnРІР‚в„ўt the MacTeer family a functioning traditional family? The mother stays home and takes care of the children the father is breadwinner and protector, РІР‚Сљa wolf killer turned hawk fighterРІР‚Сњ (p.

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