"And fantasy it was, for we were not strong, only aggressive; we were not free, merely licensed; we were not compassionate, we were polite; not good, but well behaved. We couted death in order to call ourselves brave, and hid like thieves from life. We substituted good grammer for intellext; we switched habits to simulate maturity; we rearranged lies and called it truth, seeing in the new pattern of an old idea the Revelation and the Word.
She, however, stepped over into madness, a madness which protected her from us simply because it bored us in the end." (205-206)
This passage stood out to me becauseit plays with the difference between fantasy and madness. In their fantasies, people can create who they want to be. The contradictions Morrison expresses how strong people are actually only aggressive. She tells us how these people live false lives. Typically, fantasies are dream like creations;however, Morrison's diction creates an idea that these fantasies have consumed their lives. The adult's lives have become facades every day. This fantasy word is shown in full detail with Mrs. Breedlove and her life as Polly. However, in Pecola's madness, she finally finds true protection. Throughout the whole novel, Pecola is victimized. Claudia and Frieda still stick with her and even protect her but when she is finally crumbled into madness, they simply lose interest. It was interesting to me how fantasies became second lives and madness was a boring protection in the end.
Q:What did they assassinate that Pecola looked for in the Dumpster?
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