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The novel The Bluest Eyes refers to Pecola Breedlove's intense desire to have blue eyes. Pecola believes that she is ugly/unworthy of love and respect. She is convinced that her life would be magically transformed if she possessed blue eyes. Why? How does racial self-loathing damage the lives of Pecola and her parents, Cholly and Pauline Breedlove? Also, how does racial self-hatred manifest itself in characters like Maureen Peal, Geraldine, and Soaphead Church?

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The dolls, at that time, were blond and had blue eyes. It made Pecola feel inferior and ugly when compared to white girls. She thought that she would only be accepted if she had blue eyes, and fitted this pattorn. Their parents also suffered from racial damage. Her mother experienced similar feelings to the ones Pecola had, and her father has been humiliated by white people before. Even though, all this hate helped Pecola to empower herself, different from Maureen Peal, Geraldine and Soaphead Church, that got angry and fell in depression.

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