Category Archives: Blog Post 7

What is beauty? White skin, blue eyes, thin boy, and blonde hair.  Pecola is an African-American girl (ages 10-13) and  she is from a lower class family. Pecola hates herself for being  black and she believes that having white skin … Continue reading →

Love first appears in this novel when Claudia’s mother has to take care of her when she got sick. “Great Jesus. Get on in that bed. How many times do I have to tell you to wear something on your … Continue reading →

The theme of love is explored in the novel through morbid and volatile family relationships. It isn’t showed in the conventional ways we would typically see love. For example with hugs, kisses, laughter and joy; a happy and loving family relationship. … Continue reading →

We are introduced to Pecola by a third person narrative giving us a view of her physical features as a young black girl, estimated age would be 12. She is from a poor violent household who in regards to society … Continue reading →

“Being a minority in both caste and class, we moved about anyway on the hem of life, struggling to consolidate our weaknesses and hang on, or to creep singly up into the major folds of the garment” (pg.17). Morrison is … Continue reading →