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A 5 page paper that looks at the interactions between Junior and Pecola and evaluates a passage describing Junior's nurturing as a precursor to their violent interaction. No additional sources cited.
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but is distanced by her social subjugation, her race and her poverty. Pecola is forced into a degrading, violent and confused interaction with Junior and his mother, Geraldine, and
Morrison cleverly foreshadows Juniors behavior by outlining his interactions with his mother and suggests that his "evil" persona is clearly a product of his socialization. This foreshadowing not only
provides an understanding of the actions that take place, but also underscores the distinct separation that is prevalent in the novel, and even underscores delineations based on less obvious racial
divisions, including those designed by greater wealth or the particular shade of skin color. The following passage describes Juniors socialization from the time of his birth, and when
evaluated, provides a distinct look at the nature v. nurture argument and of the comparison between Pecola and the cat that comes into greater focus in the pages that follow.
It also underscores Pecolas own vulnerability, and suggests a link between the socialization based on major racial perceptions and Pecolas own socialization as well. Geraldine
did not allow her baby, Junior, to cry. As long as his needs were physical, she could meet them--comfort and satiety. He was always brushed, bathed, oiled, and
shod. Geraldine did not talk to him, coo to him, or indulge him in kissing bouts, but she saw that every other desire was fulfilled. It was not
long before the child discovered the difference in his mothers behavior to himself and the cat. As he grew older, he learned how to direct his hatred of his
mother to the cat, and spent some happy moments watching it suffer. The cat survived, because Geraldine was seldom away from home, and could effectively soothe the animal when
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