Pecola always felt like she didn’t fit in or was out of place because of her physical features. These physical traits can consist of a person’s hair, their eyes, their body type, their nose, or any of their facial features. One thing that people will always feel that matters in life is a person’s physical traits. As we go on in the same text, she feels anger and that anger gives her an idea of self-worth which the dandelions didn’t do for her. In this way she isn’t talking about the dandelions, she is talking about herself and the shame she feels. With just these two lines, we can feel the pain that Pecola endures about her beauty. Her play on words gives us that sense of meaning without actually having to say what is. 50) These were the words Morrison incorporated into the text where Pecola is confronted with the dandelions.
Just like dandelions were no flowers, Pecola was no flower. She was the sort of girl that people would view as low class and irrelevant. She was not extraordinary nor was she a sight to gaze at. She thought that having the bluest eyes would make her the most beautiful girl however like the dandelions Pecola was not considered one of a kind.
Pecola the bluest eye skin#
Growing up she paired being ugly to the color of her eyes, skin and hair. Neighbors and even in school she was told that she was ugly. Pecola was told throughout the book that she was ugly by her mother. The “ugliness” of the weeds reminded Pecola of how she felt that she was ugly and worthless. They are worthless in the eyes of people. Weeds are considered to be valueless and insignificant to the world. Pecola refers to the dandelions as being “ugly” because they are weeds. She then leaves and comes across some dandelions that were growing out of the sidewalk cracks. In the chapter about Autumn Pecola visits a candy store where she feels “shame” for having sweaty palms. She wonders whether her parents love each other.Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye depicts a young colored girl, Pecola, who believes that she is not considered beautiful in other’s perspective.
Instead of hating the white men for taunting him, Cholly directed his hate at the girl he was having sex with.The two men shone a flashlight on him and mocked him, forcing him to continue having sex while they watched. We learn that when he was young, Cholly was startled by two white men while losing his virginity.Breedlove because he needs someone to hate. Breedlove needs to argue with Cholly to break up the boredom of her domestic life. Breedlove tells Cholly that if she so much as sneezes, the kitty litter's going to hit the proverbial fan. Breedlove begins to pester Cholly about getting coal for the stove. Young Pecola anticipates an argument between her parents.
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