Pecola's Beauty in the Bluest Eye

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The Perfect 10 What is it? And why is it so desirable? . We just want to be beautiful. Thats why. Most of us will spend the majority of our lives trying to achieve that Perfect 10. But is that all there is too it? In The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison conveys a Plethora of Ideas and Examples of Humanity and our human nature. The thing is, People try so hard to be as beautiful as they can, and long for “Pretty blue eyes”, But beauty is not just a physical thing. Pecola Knew she was Physically ugly. She Longed for a prettier complexion, White skin, prettier eyes, Etcetera. it seemed to me that pecola truly believed that if she was beautiful, she would be happy. “It occurred to Pecola some time ago that if her eyes, those eyes that held the pictures, and knew the sights—if those eyes of hers were different, that is to say, beautiful, she herself would be different” (Morrison, 46). Pecola attributes all of her problems, Whether it be sadness, Loneliness, or a bad home life, To one physical feature. she has learned to think that Beauty is merely a physical thing. Pecola ardently longs and desires for the impossible. She thinks that if she gets her blue eyes, She will be happy, and all of the negative problems will go away. “she was a long time with the milk, and gazed fondly at the silhouette of shirley temples dimpled face”(Morrison, 19). Pecola sees this glass, and sees that shirley temple, An all american sweetheart, Is a little blue-eyed blonde girl. she notices that according to society, these girls are prettiest. Pecola equates this with being happy, and This is the reason she longs for those pretty blue eyes. "A picture of little Mary Jane...smiling white face. Blond hair in gentle disarray, blue eyes looking at her out of a world of clean comfort... She eats the candy, and its sweetness is good. To eat the candy is somehow to eat the eyes, eat Mary Jane. Love Mary

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