In “The Bluest Eye”, one of the main characters is Pecola. She is an African American girl around the ages of 11-12 throughout the book. She is a young girl born into a lower class family. The entire book seemed to emphasize the idea of her being ugly. Claudia and Frieda seemed to feel superior looks-wise when they were around Pecola. Pecola’s idea of beauty was what seemed to be everyone’s idea of beauty at that time. Having blue eyes, white skin, and blonde hair similar to the dolls people got their daughters was the idea of beauty. This relates heavily to the theme of the book in that beauty (0r lack of) seemed to be be brought up quite constantly.
~Carlos Lema
