How Does Pecola Affect The Community

As I spent the last few weeks reading Toni Morrison's novel " The Bluest Eye," I have noticed how the society had a major impact on the character's daily lives. The community had more of a bigger impact on Pecola Breedlove's life. The community where Pecola lived in, which were mostly African-American did not care for Pecola and that caused for her downfall in the end. People in the community think there is only one type of beauty which is having "pale skin, blue eyes" . Pecola most certainly does not fit that description. Therefore they referred to her as ugly to the point where she herself believed that the only way she'll be "accepted" and cared for is if she has blue eyes where she was so destroyed mentally that she actually believed she has blue eyes. …show more content…
Claudia says something which caught my mind " Adults do not talk to us they give us directions. They issue orders without providing information. " ( Summer, pg.10). This caught my mind because it just shows what type of community theses young girls and boys live. If the parents don’t try to have a conversation with their children then how are they supposed to learn right from wrong. This shows how the community is already messed up just by the way the parents treat their children. Claudia mentions how the Breedlove family are ugly but "the uglyness was unique." Everybody in the community thought the Breedloves are the ugliest people in the community. This catches back on to Pecola and the community being the reason for her downfall at the