Character Analysis: Pecola

Pecola is the main character in the book she makes the reader feel sorry for her because she is always being deceived and mistreated by others. One example where Pecola is mistreated or abused is when Maureen Peal pretends to be nice to Pecola and buys her ice cream but ends up just being mean to her and calling her mean names. Another example is when Junior invites her into his house and tells her he has kittens but he really only has a cat and throws it at her face and also blames her for hurting the cat. Throughout the story Pecola is also mistreated by her parents and also by her peers. Pecolas character revolves around the fact that she is always being deceived and mistreated because she is an innocent little girl who can never catch a break with anything and is always put into bad decisions that she has little to no control over. Although Pecola wants blue eyes she really deep down just wants to be accepted and for people to be nice to her and by having blue eyes she thinks that will be the solution.