physically abusive with his wife, and rapes Pecola. This makes Pecola described by Morrison (p. 16) as ôa girl with no place to go.ö The entire family is likened to a ôpatchwork quilt of reality-collecting fragmentsö by Morrison (p. 35). The Breedlove family does not question authority or make waves about oppression. They instead internalize feelings of self-loathing from buying into it. As Morrison (p. 37) tells us, they slip in and out of their house ômaking no stir in the neighborhood, no sound in the labor force, and no wave in the mayorÆs office.ö
Because of the fire, the poverty, her fatherÆs abuse and imprisonment, Pecola comes to live with Claudia MacTeer and her family. This becomes an extended family for Pecola but she and Claudia are radically different. Though they bot
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