Pecola

of view to reveal how the characters of Pecola and Claudia regard the standards of beauty in their society, having blue eyes and blonde hair, and how it affects them. From Pecola’s point of view, people are disgusted by her when they see her ugliness. She spends “long hours [...] looking in the mirror, trying to discover the secret of the ugliness” feeling bad for herself because that ugliness makes “her ignored and despised” (45). To fix her ugliness, Pecola thinks that she needs to have blue eyes

focuses on the character of Pecola Breedlove who wants to have blue eyes. Pecola becomes convinced that if she had blue eyes her life would be different. Through the eyes of our narrator, Claudia, and her sister Frieda we see the pervasive racism and abuse Pecola is subjected to. Claudia and Frieda act as witnesses to Pecola’s disintegration and as a result, they will spend the rest of their lives grappling with what happened to Pecola. Towards the first third of the novel, Pecola goes to buy penny candy

contrary the world pecola realizes. This prelude will be repeated to remind the reader the contradiction between the black and white cultures. In addition to, the first part of each season is narrated by "Claudia Macteer" whose memories shape the events of the novel. At the time that major events of the plot appear, Claudia was a nine-year old girl. This device makes Morrison to involve an adult narrator without losing the purity perspective of a child. In the first section "Autumn", pecola is introduced

After she meets Pecola, her concerns go to Pecola. She explains about each and every incident that occurs to Pecola and the reasons behind leading to those incidents. According to Claudia, the narrator of the story, not just Pecola but it was the Breedlove family members who treated themselves the uglier rather than the society. Only the difference is that they make a different

Blues 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 endearing to others. Morrison's novel describes how Pecola and her family strive to live up to the white

rights activist W.E.B Dubois published a book called Souls of Black Folk. Moreover, Dubois suggests that all Black people view the world, and are identified by individuals through a certain degree of racism. This is particularly apparent in both how Pecola, the protagonist, is viewed among her community, and how she views the world itself. Through different tribulations, Pecola’s aspect of the world is altered; and her concept of beauty is torn between white and black. In actuality, her understanding

In The Bluest Eye, Pecola Breedlove is a young african-american who wishes at a very young age to be blessed with blonde hair and blue eyes. Her natural skin tone is dark, which leads to her being constantly mocked by other children. Pecola believes that by having blonde hair and blue eyes, she will be accepted, and will no longer be isolated and disregarded. Later in the novel, Pecola was raped. While some people believe that Pecola was to blame for her rape, and while others think that Cholly was

Breedlove and MacTeer families. Pecola Breedlove, who is exceptionally ugly, is raised by her perpetually inebriated father, Cholly, and habitually irritated mother, Pauline. Her parents are abusive physically and mentally to each other as well as Pecola. As a result, Pecola is a self-conscious girl who believes that white skin and blue eyes are the only way to be beautiful. Pecola moves in with the MacTeer family for a short while and befriends Freida and Claudia. When Pecola moves back into her home,

concerns role appearance novel in society, Pecola Breedlove is described herself as ugly not because she necessarily is, but because all the Breedloves see themselves as ugly; this is the role they see themselves playing in society because they have darker skin. In the beginning of the novel all the characters are grown up describing living the middle class life. The story of Dick and Jane and the pretty house that has a kitten on the porch is how Pecola sees her family life style as the while American

from literary critics around the world, it has set the very definition of black standard beauty and its conformity to white standards. 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