The Metamorphos Pecola's Perception Of Beauty

People are convinced that beauty is an ideal expectation of how people are required to be viewed in order to fit in society. Pecola feels that she is not beautiful due to the fact that society has a very specific way to define beauty. Pecola is having a hard time to survive because she is put down by all the stereotypes and judgements about her and her ethnic group. At such a young age, being only 11 years old Pecola is already living a misery life because she comes from a poor unhealthy family, she is called ugly by her peers at school, family and other people. She is often treated bad. Pecola believes that her beauty can be improved because she prays to become beautiful. “Long hours she sat looking in the mirror, trying to discover the secret …show more content…
That proves how people only treat “pretty” people better because they fit in, rather than treating everyone with the same equality and respect. “ To see what it was made, to discover the dearness, to find beauty, the desirability that had escaped me, but apparently only me. Adults, older girls, shops, magazines, newspaper, window signs- all the world had agreed that a blue-eyed , yellow-haired, pink skinned doll was what every girl treasured(pg 20).” People follow other people’s opinions and they start to spread, making it seem impossible for people to fit in because they don’t meet society’s expectations. Magazines, newspapers, window signs and tv is one way to make people feel like they are not good enough because they put “perfect Women” to make people emotionally upset, sad and disappointed. If people don’t look like the people on ads, magazines and tv, it makes people feel like they don’t fit in with the ideal expectation but honestly it’s all in people’s heads and how society makes them think. Due to what people tell Pecola and what she thinks about herself makes her feel that she isn’t beautiful just because people don’t accept her for who she is and how she