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A 3 page essay that briefly summarizes the plot to this novel and what happens to its protagonist, Pecola Breedlove. No additional sources cited.
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and the MacTeer family takes in borders to help make ends meet. Pecola was placed with the MacTeers when her drunken father tried to burn their house down. Pecolas mother,
Pauline, is distant and cold towards her, being more emotionally involved with the white family who employ her. As this suggests, this novel is a collection of interlocking stories that
are sometimes contradictory as characters try to make sense of their lives. However, Claudias stories stand out as she intentionally tries to make them positive. Claudia says that when
she and her sister Freida discovered that Pecola "did not want to dominate us, we liked her" (Morrison 19). Frieda and Pecola share a fascination with Shirley Temple. At this
time in American culture, there is one standard for beauty and it is definitively white. Pauline, Pecolas mother, is particularly fascinated with movie stars and defines all beauty according to
a white standard, rejecting both herself and her daughter as ugly. Pecola develops the fantasy that if she had the bluest eyes than she would be loved and her miserable
life would change. This wish stems from Pecolas insight into human relations, which indicates that if she were attractive, than people would no longer want to hurt her. This position
is affirmed in Pecolas mind when Maureen comes to her aid to protect against the boys who are teasing her and they immediately stop. However, on the other
hand, Pecola is continuously offered verification that substantiates her sense of inferiority as justified. Adults look through her, children make fun of her and she is wrongfully blamed for acts
she did not do. Pauline encourages her husbands violent behavior as this reinforces her own sense of inferiority. Both of Pecolas parents had miserable childhood, and their stories are also
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