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|  The Bluest Eye |
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| ...The main character of her novel, Pecola Breedlove, an eleven year old black girl hates and despises herself. Never in my life would I think that such a young child can hate herself. Again, we see the corruption caused by so-called American dream and American society on people who live there. It is ironic that Pecola's last name is Breedlove, because she and her family do not breed love, but only self-hatred. Pecola perceives herself as ugly because she is black, and like most black people she has heavy eyebrows, and her eyes are dark, closely set, she has high cheekbones and big lips. As I picture her in my mind she is not ugly, but an ordinary black girl... |
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