All 3 Uses of
compassion
in
The Bluest Eye
- Her eyes were full of compassion, and Cholly remembered that he was the bereaved.†
Chpt 4 *compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help
- At the window he stood watching her, his eyebrows pulled together into waves of compassion, his tongue fondling the worn gold in his upper jaw.†
Chpt 4
- 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.†
Chpt 5compassionate = feeling or showing sympathy for another's suffering