Love in the bluest eye

The theme of love in the novel is something that the girls pine after. Claudia likes the blues because she sees it as something that the singers do to show the love to their partners. Pecola imagines a friend, in order to have someone give her love. Pecola even wants blue eyes, because she feels that if she had blue eyes she’d be more lovable. They each see something that someone else has (that they don’t) and see it as a reason that the other receives love. They in turn want that for themself, so that they too can receive love. To each, love becomes a possible salvation.