Pecola's Reflective Essay

Pecola sat in her heatless home in silence playing with the doll she had put together out of twigs and shrubs. The doll’s hair was made of long wispy yellow stands from one of China’s old hand towels. She paired this with two blue beads that had rolled off of a little girl's greasy braid. She managed to bring it all together with a little bit of grass creating a recognizable blue-eyed doll. People played in one corner as Sammy played in the corner with his matchbox luring ants and setting them into a deep crisp. With each ant, he envisioned himself as an almighty ruling over a colony of peasants choosing who would live and who would die. The Breedlove siblings ceased to speak to each other despite being feet away. Instead, they escaped the …show more content…
In the case of Pecola, we see a gradual progression of Pecola becoming more and more obsessed to the point where she eventually becomes insane. When finding a place of inspiration from the book when writing, I referred to the scene where Pecola imagines herself disappearing into thin air. Additionally, I thought back to the scene where Pecola believed that drinking her own skin would make her skin white even though one would naturally feel sick after drinking 3 quarts of milk. Though both of this scene, Morrison captured how Pecola’s desire not to be black that she is willing the imagine harm to her black body. In addition to thinking about Morrison’s presentation of this theme, I also thought about the documentary Dark Girls and thought back to the way that the way that the manifestation of colorism was shown by the director. The little black girls' choice of dolls was one way that this was shown, therefore, inspiring me to incorporate details about Pecola’s creation of a doll that emulates white beauty standards. I took inspiration from both sources because this theme is representative of not only Pecola’s experience, but the continuation of this theme in society. Simultaneously to Pecola’s experience, I wanted to show a glimpse of Sammy’s experience because I wanted to further expound on Morrison’s original description of the Breedlove family through their actions and interactions amongst themselves. In addition to the incorporation of these themes, one thing that separates The Bluest Eye from other black novels is its use of literary techniques to tell this story. I appreciated the use of imagery in almost every sentence in the book and I wanted to emulate this in my passage. To accomplish this I focused on incorporating a variety of senses, including smell, touch, and sight. When reading The Bluest