Pecola

Pecola is first introduced as a foster child coming to live with McTeer family after her father burned down the Breedlove house. She arrives with nothing but the clothes on her back, exhibiting a shy demeanor. The effects of years of abuse and neglect are immediately evident through her interactions with Claudia and Frieda. She is compliant with whatever they do, trying her best not to draw attention to herself: “When we discovered that she clearly did not want to dominate us, we liked her. She laughed

A common thought process that most people have been experiencing within the past decade is the idea that racism is an occurrence of the past. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Overall violent crime has been declining since 2005, but the percentage of violent crime victims amongst the African American population hasn’t exactly followed this pattern. The percentage of violent crime victims in this demographic fell from 1.7 to 1.3 percent from 2005 to 2013, but from 2013 to 2014 rose from 1

boys attack Pecola by shouting derogatory words to her. They tease her because her father sleeps naked and because of discrimination her black skin . Frieda comes to the rescue Pecola by hitting one boy and loudly threatening other boys. Then, Claudia joins the conflict. After that, Maureen appears. The boys leave because they don’t want to fight in front of Maureen. Claudia helps to pick Pecola's notebook and Frieda's coat. Frieda and Claudia are very brave because of rescuing Pecola even though

year of 1940, discrimination, especially toward African Americans, was still a serious problem. People believe that whiteness is the standard of beauty. The main character, Pecola, who was a nine-years-old African-American, was influenced by how people view beauty. Pecola suffered and felt that she is inferior to others. Pecola believed that having a pair of blue eyes would made people think she is pretty, and would be the key resolving all the problems. What is beautiful? How do people define beauty

1. At the beginning of the novel, When the words are connected it shows perplexity and worry which is really what happens to the Breedlove’s. I think Morrison shows in her writing that also happens to Pecola as she struggles for acceptance and Identity. Contrast is also one of the things Morrison’s powerful English show throughout the text. There is definitely a confusion between the community because it loves and hates at the same time. Also, it is illustrated in the book that black families are

physical appearances. Throughout The Bluest Eye, the factors that determine, contribute, and provide an escape from, segregation are discussed. This novel emphasizes the unfortunate life of protagonist Pecola Breedlove by exhibiting her class conflict, mental state, physical attractiveness, and much more. Pecola is a subject to characteristics of society that were responsible for classifying her as an “other.” Entities within this society are prone to being ostracized by uncontrolled external factors. “Black”

many different ways such as dolls and sweets. In the beginning of the novel, Pecola and Frieda admire Shirley Temple 's beauty which consists of the white skin and blue eyes. The American society highly associates beauty with being white and although claims that there is no expectations, it clearly demonstrates that beauty is on the exterior rather than the interior making ones value inferior such as characters like Pecola who believes that her ugliness defines who she is and her role in society, which

The Bluest Eye, Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl with dark brown eyes, is deemed ugly. Although she does not possess ugliness; she “put it on, so to speak, although it did not belong to [her]” (Morrison 38). Pecola believes she is ugly because she does not meet the societal beauty standard. Pecola convinces herself that all her struggles are rooted in the fact that she not beautiful. If Pecola was white, blond, and blue-eyed her life would be different—it would be better. Pecola believes that having

view given is Pecola Breedlove’s point of view. This story revolves around the end of the Great Depression. It begins describing the family as being a poorer black family. Claudia and Frieda MacTeer have to collect coal for their old home. The MacTeer family was gaining to two new borders due to their poor home circumstances, Henry Washington and Pecola Breedlove. Henry Washington needed a place to stay because the old woman, Miss Jones, was getting too old for him to stay with. Pecola had a more difficult

story changes as all of a sudden Pecola feels “peal of anticipation unsettles her stomach.” The first indication that Pecola sees is Mr. Yacobowski’s eyes. They almost seem to have difficulty focusing on her and more importantly, have an “absence of human recognition.” This hyperbole, and moment is when Pecola realizes that people don’t all think the same, but all have their own perceptions. This hyperbole emphasizes the fact that Mr. Yacobowski does not respect Pecola and is dehumanizing her. Mr. Yacobowski