Pecola

In the novel The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, the psychological faults of Pecola become evident through her experiences and even more through her opposite in their actions and opinions, Claudia. In the novel, readers become aware of various injustices occurring to both characters and an insight to how the two deal with them. Pecola and Claudia both live in a society where innocence is not well maintained among children. Their development is dependent on their own abilities to handle cruelties and

idea. Example: “It had occurred to Pecola some time ago that if her eyes...were different, that is to say, beautiful, she herself would be different” (Morrison 46). The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye uses symbolism to show Pecola’s desperation for beauty. Pecola constantly prays to have blue eyes. “It had occurred to Pecola some time ago that if her eyes...were different, that is to say, beautiful, she herself would be different” (Morrison 46). Pecola thought that maybe the boys at school

Morrison once had with an elementary school classmate who wished for the same blue eyes a light skinned girl had. This shows the psychological damage of a young black girl, Pecola Breedlove, who searches for the same love and acceptance in a world that denies and undervalues people of her own race. As her mental state slowly unties, Pecola hopelessly longs to have the conventional American standards of feminine beauty. American ideal beauty standards include the usual white skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes

Bluest Eyes is a story of a black girl named Pecola who dreams of having the ideal family portrayed in the story of "Dick and Jane" the white American family: She comes to realize that this life she dreams of is unattainable since she is black in a white society. She is enamored with Shirley Temple, a beautiful blue- eyed white girl. Pecola feels that if she has blue eyes she would be beautiful and endeared to others. Morrison's novel describes how Pecola and her family strive to live up to the

whereas Frieda and Pecola find her cute. Claudia hates her because she danced with Bojangles whom Claudia referred to as “my friend, my uncle, my daddy…” (Morrison 19). She was jealous and mad that a little white girl got to dance with Bojangles, a black man. Also, Claudia preferred Jane Withers, who played opposite Shirley Temple in the film Bright Eyes. For the most part Claudia and Frieda do not strive to meet the beauty standards created by society. On the other hand, Pecola strives to achieve

a nine year old African American girl, Pecola Breedlove, as she is growing up in the 1940’s in the racially mixed town of Lorain, Ohio. The Breedloves are a poor family. On top of having to live in poverty, Pecola’s father, Cholly, is an abusive alcoholic who beats his wife and rapes his own daughter. Her mother, Pauline, cleans the houses of white people, and idealizes the perfection and cleanliness that she finds in white households but not her own. Pecola truly believes that her own blackness is

Eye, Morrison presents the myth of beauty's Phenomenon, mainly through the character of Pecola Breedlove and Claudia McTeer. Morrison creates these characters to represent her opinions about beauty. Pecola and Claudia had different views about beauty, even though both of them were blacks. Pecola idolized white child movie star-Shirley Temple. She adored her white, her blonde hair, and her blue eyes. Besides, Pecola also honored a while figure that was pictured on the candy wrapper However Claudia McTeer

The Bluest Eye V.S The Color Purple In my essay, I’ll be comparing and contrasting Pecola from novel ‘The Bluest Eye’, and Celie from the movie ‘The Color Purple'. In the novel, ‘The Bluest Eye’, Pecola, and from the movie ‘The Color Purple’, Celie, share many similarities in their stories. But they also have many differences that make them who they are. They’re both very young girls, going through a lot of struggles that you really wouldn’t be able to imagine happening, yet at the same time you

person back in the early days. The Bluest Eye is a book about a nine year old girl, Claudia Macteer and her sister Frieda who decided to take Mr. Henry and Pecola Breedove. Mr. Henry who is a tenant at the house and Pecola Breedove, a foster child

American heritage. Pecola Breedlove is one of the characters who constantly tries to consume whiteness. She first exhibits this behavior when she drinks three quarts of milk (Morrison 19). By drinking a large quantity of milk, Pecola attempts to absorb the whiteness of the milk, expressing her inner desire to be white. Moreover, she drinks the milk out of a Shirley Temple cup. During the 20th century, Shirley Temple epitomizes the cute, little white girl of the era. Hence, when Pecola drinks milk out