What Is Narcissism In Toni Morrison's When I First Seed Choly

Morrison once again depicts shocking and unnatural behavior she than later explains. The voice of the narrator mingled with the stream of consciousness of Pauline eposes the footing of how her life began; one can assume she was raised by uninformed, poor parents. A lot of things about the life of Pauline don't go the way she wants them to, and she uses her not so perfect childhood to explain her behavior. She must have been brought up in a very inadequate and chaotic family life, and that's why she later becomes devoted to keeping order. The years of her formation were characterized by emotional isolation and hard work as well, factors that explain why she goes to church, and is very receptive of the songs she hears there about how understanding

She describes his as a savior who fulfills her life spiritually. To Pauline the nature color have been important throughout her whole life. She is quite artistic but does not express it. Cholly is the one to bring back color in her life, and intimacy and energy. She remembers: "When I first seed Cholly it was like all the bits of color from that time down home when all us chil’ren went berry picking and I put some in the pocket of my Sunday dress, and they mashed up and stained my hips." (115) Cholly and Pauline fall in love. He was lively and kind and made her laugh more than anyone else, and he never made her feel bad for her deformed foot. They met in Kentucky and after having agreed to get married, they continue to migrate from there to Ohio to establish their new life together. This excited and hopeful Pauline is the same person as the one who sent Pecola away after knocking her own daughter down. What affected such a transformation in this woman who was once hopeful and kind. On this phenomenon, Barbara Christian

But Morrison later explains that it wasn't her intention to dehumanize her characters, including the ones who do that to one another. Cholly has experiences true suffering. He was abandoned in the middle of a junk as a baby, and after that he suffered humiliation from a group of white men. Of course, Cholly is capable of joy and pleasure, but he is also capable of violence. He represents a not so positive form of freedom. He doesn't have the freedom to be loved or to love or to enjoy dignity, but he does have the freedom to kill and have sex and be indifferent when it comes to death. This is what makes him fall apart and also what made him reach for Pecola as a reminder that he is still