Pecola's Character

             Pecola's character has a sense of emptiness, but she's not lost in the hopelessness life has given her. Compared to the other girls, like Claudia and Frida, Pecola has always felt alone with a lack affection that no one ever showed her. She has two parents who fight in front of her all the time and distances herself from them by calling them by their names not "mama" or "papa." Even her brother is gone all the time. All human contact she's ever had has shown her disinterest, violence, or distaste. Examples like Junior throwing the cat in her face with the purpose of hurting her, the white owner from the shop giving her a face full of contempt towards her after only taking a glance at her, and the way almost everyone always ignores her since she is seen alone all the time. Also, the manner in which her father rapes her. All these set of events aren't sane for anyone especially a girl of that age.