She admires Shirley Temple and Mary Jane because everyone deems the typical white blond girl to be gorgeous.
#CHARACTERS IN THE BLUEST EYE SKIN#
Her desire to have blue eyes are rooted in racism because she witnesses those who have fairer skin or lighter eyes and believes the lies of racism of being black makes her ugly and unloved. It is reflected in her statement, “It had occurred to Pecola some time ago that if her eyes, those eyes that held the pictures, and knew the sighs- if those eyes of hers were different, that is to say, beautiful, she herself would be different… If she looked different, beautiful, maybe Cholly would be different, and Mrs. Pecola desires to have blue eyes because she thinks that if she had at least one feature that represents the true meaning of beauty, the world would look at her under a different light. Pecola Breedlove is a symbol of the black community in the eyes of the white community who desires love and beauty but suffers from internalized racism. Racism and sexism are vital factors that influence the characters to develop an inferiority complex.
In Claudia and Frieda’s world, black and white adults are incessantly mistreating them because of their race and gender. Pecola Breedlove is the main protagonist of the novel who endures the fact that she is impregnated with her father’s child and is living with Claudia and Frieda Macteer’s family after Pecola’s father tried setting their house on fire along with the rest of her family. In the entrancing novel, The Bluest Eye written by Toni Morrison, the main characters are young girls who grow up in an unloving household during the economic turmoil of the Great Depression in Ohio. Which is a greater threat to the characters: Racism or sexism?
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