"The Bluest Eye"

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In Toni Morrison's, "The Bluest Eye", Pecola is an innocent 11 year old who is a victim to society's stereotypes. The color of her skin, only because it is a darker shade of black, makes her ugly in the eyes of black and white people the same. The paper shows that Pecola not being accepted by her family, peers, and members of the community because she does not meet society standards contributes to her madness, but Pecola's search for beauty is the cause of her madness.

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"Like the marigolds that Claudia and Frieda planted, Pecola never gets a chance to grow. Pecola is taunted for her looks, despised for living in poverty, and abused by her father who rapes and impregnates her. Pecola's madness may have initially been caused by her family's failure to give her identity, love, and security which were essential to help Pecola grow. Society, as well, plays a major role in her insanity. For Pecola she can only escape into fantasy to gain her beauty (Harris 73)."

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