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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 … Continue reading →

In Two or Three Things I Know For Sure, Dorothy Allison writes about sexuality and violence affecting eachother. Sexuality is a way of expressing the anger the character had because of past violence experience in their lives. “Darlene put her hands … Continue reading →

Pecola is a eleven year old black girl. She is a poor working-class girl Because her mother works for caring for the well to do white family. Pecola believes that she is ugly and having blue eyes would make her beautiful. These … Continue reading →

On page 17, Morrison writes, “Being a minority in both cast” What do you think this Question # 3 I think that this quote has a deep truth to it. To me this quote means that as minorities or as … Continue reading →

The character that I will be talking about is Claudia. Claudia even though the youngest amongst, Frieda and Pecola, by a good amount of years, is still recognized as a person and not a younger brat little sister. Claudia is … Continue reading →

Pecola Breedlove is a typical girl who wants to look pretty like Mary Jane and Shirley Temple. However, everyone in the novel calls her ugly and insults her because of her skin color. Therefore, Pecola wants to have blonde hair, … Continue reading →

The theme of love in the novel appears in both sexual and lack the love substance in the story. We notice the lack of love between Claudia’s family and Pecola’s family but in different terms. I would say Claudia is … Continue reading →