Pecola

Eye, Pecola struggles to find acceptance in a community which neglects her due to lack of beauty. Pecola is a young black girl who feels she cannot live up to ideal standards of femininity and faces abuse from her family. Therefore, these injustices begin to peel away at Pecola’s innocence. Her only refuge is within desire to obtain blue eyes, which she feels will defend her from the aforementioned injustices. However, her whims are never completely fulfilled, indicating that although Pecola searches

The immoral acts of society raped Pecola Breedlove, took her innocence, and left her to go insane. The Random House Dictionary defines “rape” as “an act of plunder, violent seizure, or abuse; despoliation; violation.” The Random House definition perfectly describes what happens to Pecola over the course of the novel. From Pecola’s standpoint, society rapes her repeatedly, by their judgmental attitudes towards everything that she is; she is “ugly,” she is poor, she is black. In Toni Morrison’s The

Pecola Breedlove: A Dumping Ground for Soaphead and Geraldine Throughout Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, many characters, including Soaphead Church and Geraldine, use Pecola Breedlove to make themselves feel better. Using Pecola as a scapegoat, the other characters justify their shortcomings by comparing themselves to her. When they think about Pecola, the other characters in the book feel superior and thus boost their egos. Soaphead Church uses Pecola to do his dirty work and to feel better about

eyes is a direct representation for her search for comfort and love. Pecola is fascinated by Shirley Temple. The narrator, Claudia MacTeer, talks about Pecola saying “We knew she was fond of the Shirley Temple cup and took every opportunity to drink milk out of it just to handle and see sweet Shirley’s face” (Morrison, 1970, p.23). This is when it becomes evident to the reader that Pecola is obsessed with Shirley Temple. To Pecola, Shirley Temple is the perfect girl and she wants to be like her.

This becomes the main issue in novel The Bluest Eyes. Pecola Breedlove, Cholly Breedlove, and Pauline Breedlove are the characters that search for their identity through others that has influenced them and by the lifestyles that they have. First, Pecola Breedlove struggles to get accepted into society dued to the beauty factor that the normal people have. Cholly Breedlove, her father, is a drunk who has problems that he takes out of Pecola sexually and Pauline physically. Pauline is Cholly’s wife

Given the societal view of whiteness as a standard of beauty, both Maureen Peal and Pecola Breedlove struggle with distorted self-perceptions and self-hatred. Ultimately able to project both her hatred and her insecurities elsewhere, Maureen is able to bloom despite adversity. Pecola, however, internalizes the hatred at the hands of others and is left only to wither. Despite her efforts to beautify her appearance through the use of expensive attire, Maureen Peal is unable to change the color of

Toni Morrison, displays multiple interpretations of love. Morrison’s main character, Pecola Breedlove an eleven year old African American girl, displays the best example of love because she unselfishly took on the burdens of her family, friends and society. This burden makes her feel ugly; so she wishes to change her outward appearance, specifically her blue eyes, and wants to change the world around her. Pecola Breedlove naturally craves for acceptance, love and protection from her family, friends

factors that lead the character to develop his/her self-image. The main character of this story is Pecola and the story discuss how she views herself. Self-image is the idea a person has about his/her abilities, appearance, and personality. Pecola’s self-image is she being inferior, unwanted, and ugly. The factors that lead to Pecola’s self-image are the environment and society. Furthermore, through Pecola, Toni Morrison is trying to convey the idea that people view themselves based on how the others

The rape of Pecola is a tragic occurrence. In The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison focuses heavily on the topic of her rape. Morrison shows how the rape has affected Pecola by creating a powerful and compelling tale, allowing the reader to connect with Pecola and better empathize with her. Morrison’s stylistic choices and use of powerful language make her story even more commanding and eye-catching and further the reader’s understanding of Pecola’s misery and their sympathy towards her. Morrison uses word

self-loathing. But, in a society where beauty is restricted to only fair skin, blond hair, and blue eyes while anyone else is subjected to harassment, the effects can be even more detrimental. In The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, the standards of beauty cause Pecola, one of the main characters, to become self-loathing and have low self-esteem, ultimately leading to her downfall and hence unveiling the detrimental effects of society’s standards of beauty. Due to her appearance