In “The Bluest Eye”Pecola is a main and very important character. Throughout the book she shows that she has little to no self esteem. Pecola is a symbol of how black people mainly women, saw themselves which was not pretty because of the sterotypical beauty. She shows that she loves and admires white females because that what she thought was gorgeous and what was portrayed to be beautiful back then. The fact that she was abused and molested dosent help her self confidence either. Having white skin and blue eyes I think to Pecola means being free from the life that she lives which is not very pleasant, she thiks that if her features were different her life would be different.
I strongly agree with you. Pecola has a very low self esteem because of how society treat her due to her skin colors. Even Pecola herself start to think that people with light skin are prettier and better than her.