Question #2

Pecola is an African-American girl (ages 10-13); she is from a lower class family. Pecola doesn’t accept herself instead she hates herself for being black, ugly and she believes that having white skin, blue eyes and blond hair will make her beautiful like Shirley Temple and Mary Jane, therefore everyday she buy this rectangle candy also named Mary Jane because she believe this candy will make her beautiful like them (Shierley Temple and Mary Jane) in each byte she takes. In this novel society label beauty by having white skin, blue eyes, thin body and blonde hair even with the dolls, because that their perfection for beauty . Everyone called Pecola ugly, including her parents, classmate, teacher and society. Example, one day “a group of boys from the same race (balck) were circling and were calling her Black e mo. Black e mo, while she was on in center of the circle”. Many people are not satisfied with their looks, colors, and appearance, Pecola is not the only one with low-self esteem , nowadays so people could feel better with them self  they do plastic surgery; to look thinner body, younger and beautiful, beauty it is really important to society and all of us.