Pecola as a Character

             Pecola's character is described as a girl who seeks love and attention. She seeks to be hopeful in life and seeks to strive to be "beautiful" in her own way. Compared to the other girls in the book, Claudia and Frida, Pecola seems to be lacking love compared to the other two  characters. Pecola's parents lack on showing love towards her and communication, unlike the other girls. The other little girls in the book have more of a stabled home compared to Pecola. Pecola has two parents who fight in front of her and Sammy. Her father is an alcoholic and her mother seems to always stir up the pot with her husband. Pecola seems to cooperate with the fighting by seeking hope and praying to God that she would have her blue eyes, whereas her brother seems to always run away from the situation. He doesn't like to be around them fighting. I think that because of the environment she is at home, it also leads to her not having a lot of self confidence. Also, through out the book there is a lot of racism happening throughout the book. Pecola is portrayed as an ugly girl compared to other girls in the book because of the fact that she is a little bit darker than others. After reading all these events and the comments some of the other characters say to Pecola, I think it's bizarre because of the fact that these characters are young and they are already effected through racism.