In the novel the “Bluest of eyes” Pecola is one of the most important characters. Not just because the story revolves around her but also because you can see how someone’s surroundings can affect you. She is only 11 at the start of the novel so she still has a lot to learn, these are the years were what ever happens to you will make or brake you when you grow up. Seeing her father get drunk most of the time and treat her mother bad must really have an effect on her. She does not like the way she looks and she blames it on her ethnicity. But when she sees her own father treat her mother bad when they are both the same ethnicity she believes maybe its because she’s ugly or something bad. This makes her want to disappear and also sets the theme .
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I agreed with you regarding how one can understand and put themselves in that sort of position. Also, one may have a similar situation/conflict and can relate towards the book’s character(s). It is tragic how Pecola sees how her parents behave to each other, and she develops a mindset thinking as well as reasoning about herself – “But when she sees her own father treat her mother bad when they are both the same ethnicity she believes maybe its because she’s ugly or something bad.”