#The bluest eye by toni morrison movie#

Her mother takes it literally, fostering her own self-loathing by comparing herself to Hollywood movie stars. Nevertheless, Pecola takes it to heart and believes that all of her problems can be solved if she's prettier. No indication is made of her actual appearance, but it's very clear that she's nowhere near ugly enough to justify the constant abuse. In-universe, Pecola is constantly called 'ugly' by everyone, even her own mother. Both black and white characters alike tend to privilege blonde-haired children above the dark-haired protagonists, which is a source of great ire and confusion for Claudia.

Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Deconstructed.

Generation Xerox: Pecola and her mother both have the same tragic obsession with being beautiful.

Foregone Conclusion: The narrator spoils the Downer Ending on the third page of the novel.

Foil: Claudia and Frieda's parents show Tough Love and protectiveness to their children, whereas the Breedloves are regularly abusive, sometimes incestual, and barely even care about their kids.

MacTeer sees Pecola's bloody legs and takes her inside to clean her up.

MacTeer that the girls do something perverted. Rosemary, spying from the bushes, yells to Mrs. Frieda tries to attach a pad to Pecola's dress. Pecola and Claudia are scared, but Frieda knows that Pecola is getting her first period. The blood begins to spill down Pecola's legs when she's outside with Claudia and Frieda, Claudia's older sister.

First Period Panic: Pecola gets her first period and thinks something is wrong.

While Claudia and Frieda are okay if despondent, Pecola suffers a nervous breakdown and loses her father's baby due to her mother beating her up, her brother runs away and Cholly dies, leaving her with Pauline and being expelled.

Downer Ending: No one's fortunes improve by the end of the novel.

This actually triggers her father into raping her. Character Tics: Pecola has a habit of scratching her calf with her toe, which she seemingly inherited from her mother.Butt-Monkey: If something humiliating and depressing can happen to Pecola, it will.But Not Too Black: Many of the characters subscribe to this, treating mixed-race people more humanely than 'blacker' people.

Bring My Brown Pants: As shown in a flashback, Cholly has this reaction when he meets his father for the first time and is none-to-kindly rebuked.Blasphemous Boast: At the end of Soaphead Church's letter to God, he brags that he is superior because he can do the one thing that He can't: grant Pecola her blue eyes.Big, Screwed-Up Family: The Breedloves.Big Beautiful Woman: Miss Marie, aka the Maginot Line, is described as being huge, but she still receives plenty of clients as a prostitute-it's even implied she gets the most, as she's the de facto leader of the group.