Pecola breedlove

Pecola thought if only her eyes were blue, then her problems according to white American standards would go away, and therefore she would be beautiful and her life would be beautiful. For one year, Pecola prays that her eyes will turn blue. Being a black little girl in a society that idolizes blonde-haired blue-eyed beauty, Pecola thinks she is ugly. Pecola stares into the mirror trying to find exactly were the ugliness comes

Her words were hotter and darker than the smoking berries. The little [white] girl in pink started to cry. Mrs. Breedlove turned to her. `Hush, baby, hush. Don't cry no more'" (Morrison 109). Her mother viewed Pecola as an obstacle that had the potential to get in the way of her white charge's happiness and consequently her happiness. Her mother refused to show any love to Pecola because it might interfere with more important things. For a little girl, the love of her mother is the most important

In a time where racial hierarchies were deemed as the standard of moral law, segregation, discrimination, and inequality was seen on every corner of industrial America. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison centers around the life of Pecola Breedlove, a young African American girl who lives in an abusive, broken home desperately yearning for blue eyes. Morrison’s novel is able to provide a clear depiction of how racial prejudice and idealized standards of white beauty contribute to the demoralization and

follow along. Pecola Breedlove, the main character and the person who falls to victim most frequently, endures numerous setbacks and obstacles that contribute to the analysis on how “The Bluest Eye” creates such disparities. As Wall would put it, “in a society ordered by hierarchies of power based on race, class, and gender, no one is more powerless-hence more vulnerable- than a

ugly and worthless. She thinks that her life would be different if only she had blue eyes If only she had blue eyes. Women of color having learned to hate their own bodies because of their skin color even take this hatred out on their own children. Pecola has desire for blue eyes; she believes that everything she is experiencing has to do with the way she looks. She thinks that if she had blue eyes people will not do unreasonable things to her. To her, blue eyes symbolize the beauty and happiness that

The Bluest Eye, the character Pecola Breedlove internalizes her discrimination due to her skin color and her family reputation. By the end of the novel, she is shunned by the community, and she has no choice but to be her own friend. Pecola is raped by her father, which causes her to personify her doubts in an attempt to obtain compliments for her blue eyes, as she subconsciously avoids rejection by her community. According to the society in which she lives, when Pecola is raped by her father, the

research shall focus upon the major characters like Pecola, Cholly, and Claudia as they help deliver Morrison's point of view. Pecola Breedlove is one of the major characters in the novel who plays a central role in reflecting the defects of her society that distinguishes people according to their race. She is an eleven-year-old black girl whose only wish is to have blue eyes to see the world in a better way. Morrison portrays Pecola as an ugly, little, rejected, black girl '' who wanted

Morrison gives the audience an insight of how Pecola Breedlove, a passive and impressionable 11- year old, views her own standard of beauty amongst the cruelty of the white society. For Pecola, there are two things in this world; beauty and ugliness. Beauty is varied through different

Pecola's family, the Breedloves. Morrison goes in depth about the family dynamic of the Breedloves and how it affects Pecola and her self-image. The passage starts after one of many arguments between Cholly and Mrs. Breedlove, Pecola's parents, turns violent. Mrs. Breedlove wants Cholly to fetch some coal from the outside shed. Cholly spent the last night drinking and does not want to get out of bed. The passage begins with the children becoming aware of the argument. Mrs. Breedlove starts to hit him

The Bluest Eye is a 1970 novel written by American author Toni Morrison. The novel depicts a year in the life of an 11 year-old black girl named Pecola who believes that having blue eyes would make her beautiful and worthy of the love of others. Throughout the novel, Morrison takes us through the perspectives of important figures in Pecola’s youth, including her father, Cholly, who drunkenly rapes her and leaves her pregnant. Morrison explores the psychological repercussions of a young black girl