The Bluest Eye
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The Bluest Eye
Encountering racism at a young age can change a person dramatically, and sometimes create anger that can cause a person to change dramatically or lower their self-worth. In the short story "The Bluest Eye," the main character Pecola Breedlove, comes across a dandelion. To her dandelions seem pretty and not at all ugly, but she is confused as to why adults say dandelions are ugly. Once she comes out from Mr. Yacobowski's store, her perception of the dandelions change. She realized that the dandelions in reality represented her; people thought dandelions were ugly as she thought people thought of her as being ugly also. In a paragraph of the short story, the author describes how "Pecola shows a dart of affection to the dandelion. But the dandelions do not look at her and do not send love back." At this moment, she asks herself "why should I think dandelions are pretty when everyone else thinks they are ugly and I do not get any love in return?" When Pecola walked into the store and saw how Mr...