Because it comes at the expense of other characters, Cholly's "dangerous freedom" (160), while absolving him from social rules, expectations, and ethics, deprives him of every morality and emphasizes its bestial qualities. Like an animal, Cholly is only interested in satisfying his own needs and desires and is willing to do whatever it takes to fill these bodily voids. His mere concern with “his own perceptions and appetites” (160) prevents him from empathizing with the other characters and reinforces his bondage to his lustful desires. As a result, Cholly's animalization allows him to be capable of horrifically raping his daughter. This is illustrated when Cholly is overcome by a repugnant memory of Pauline from “the first time he saw her in Kentucky,” (162) when he sees Pecola “[shift] her weight and [stand] on one foot scratching her back. calf with tip” (162). The irony in Cholly's admission that he "wanted to fuck [Pecola]—tenderly" (163)—in which the narrator employs an unexpected combination of "fucking," an action that is often associated with a lack of connection or intimacy, and “tenderly,” an adverb that can be used interchangeably with “sweetly” and “lovingly” — resembles his inability to repress his wild desires as he reveals