The Ideal White Family In Dick And Jane Home

"Autumn" What is the significance of beginning the novel with an except from an old Dick and Jane reader? The excerpts represent the ideal white family in America; Mother, Father, Dick and Jane, cat,puppy, and big house living happily in a wonderful life. The family is loving, respectful and caring towards one another, which is a sharp contrast to the family that Pecola was brought into The book describes how the characters, African-Americam's aspire to the stereotypical ideal of "Dick and Jane "and the ideal American family. Why does Morrison run the text together as it is repeated? When the paragraph is first read by the reader, the passage is easy to read and organized. When the paragraph is written again, it is disorganized and not easy read. A passage of Dick and Jane home, is followed by a run on passage of the story, all in caps and no spaces, which contrast the ideal home to where Cholly, Mrs.Breedlove and Sammy lived, an abamded store front that was converted to living space, providing two rooms, the front room and the bedrooms where all the living was done Morrison 34-35). The second run on passage of Dick and Jane, show how happy they are living in their house, which contrast the reason why the Breedlovers lived in the storefront. They lived there because they were poor and black

The author describes Cholly as child like," his reactions were based on what he felt at the moment" ( Morrison, p161), Cholly was mixed with two emotoins hatred and tenderson,. ( Morrison, p 163). After he raped Pecola, he would not pick her up from the kitchen floor, but would cover her up with a heavy quilt,leaving her alone. Despite Cholly's childhood , his behavior is no excuess to the abuse he inflicted on Pecola. I feel sad for Cholly's abuse as a young child, but I cannot excess his actions, that would effect another person in a negative