Freytag's Pyramid
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Explosion- Pecola is living with the MacTeer’s since her father tried to burn down the house she lived in. Also, she does not receive the love that she needs as a child.
Rising Action- Pecola is always getting bullied because of her skin colour and wishes to be like white people with blue eyes. Adding on, Pecola gets blamed for killing a cat that she did not kill.
Climax- Cholly rapes Pecola when he comes home drunk and this reminds him of his past of his wife Pauline.
Falling Action- Pecola’s mother beats Pecola because she had accidently dropped a hot pot on a white girl she worked for. Also Pecola goes to a person named Soaphead and asks for a pair of blue eyes.
Denouement- Pecola’s baby dies, Claudia and Fredia think it is their fault since they did not plant the marigolds deep enough in the ground. Pecola goes insane since she thinks she has blue eyes and believes that she is pretty as white people are.
Rising Action- Pecola is always getting bullied because of her skin colour and wishes to be like white people with blue eyes. Adding on, Pecola gets blamed for killing a cat that she did not kill.
Climax- Cholly rapes Pecola when he comes home drunk and this reminds him of his past of his wife Pauline.
Falling Action- Pecola’s mother beats Pecola because she had accidently dropped a hot pot on a white girl she worked for. Also Pecola goes to a person named Soaphead and asks for a pair of blue eyes.
Denouement- Pecola’s baby dies, Claudia and Fredia think it is their fault since they did not plant the marigolds deep enough in the ground. Pecola goes insane since she thinks she has blue eyes and believes that she is pretty as white people are.