Pecola Character Analysis

I found that Pecola is a character who just continues to go downward a negative spiral throughout her young life. She lacks any parental figure to guide her and love her. And because of this, this has caused her to be devoid from understanding what human affection is. Her downward spiral continues to grow as the people around her have a sense of violence or hatred towards her. I find her downward spiral important as a reader because this displays the struggle as an individual to be accepted within society when other individuals within society are having the exact same struggle. Ultimately the lack of care for Pecola within the book is caused by other characters who struggle with their own pain and therefore use her as a way to alleviate this pain that they have.