I think love contains respect, affection, apprehension to loose, sacrifice. The lover afraids to offend his/her love and even afraids to touch.(Of course, this is not enough to define love but I tried to show some aspects of love to understand Cholly's "love"!)
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At the end of the story, Claudia mentions that "Cholly loved Pecola". "He loved enough to touch her, envelop her give something of himself to her". What kind of love is this? His father takes Pecola's virginity. Claudia tries to give the message that love is sometimes a damaging force. But, I can not accept this as a love:(. What a pity that Pecola goes mad before learning what is love meant:(. Infact, Claudia is right in a way: She says that lover is sometimes selfish. I agree with this. Lover sometimes make mistakes while expressing his love:(. He can try to posses more and more. But anyway, Cholly I can not entitle you. I know you had some difficulties in your life:( But imagine such a love: You play with your dear daughter Pecola, she laughs and you also laugh. You are hand by hand with her. When the sky gets dark Pecola afraids and hugs her Cholly. She forgets about her fears and smiles. She touchs you, she loves you, she hugs you, she feels your love deeply. Now Cholly:( Which one is better to touch but harm her or to be a real lover and live the LOVE!
FOR ALL OF US <3
Lets try to be the real lover and LOVE LOVE LOVE:)
Of course we can never excuse Cholly's actions. But I am deeply sad at the fact that he felt so unworthy of love that he cannot even comprehend why his daughter loves her broken father who can give her nothing. A man who cannot accept the love of the child is a very, very lost man.
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