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It was the closest she could get to having it herself.Д¬holly Breedlove's background is then explained.

She had blonde curls and blue eyes, and Pauline became absorbed with their white lifestyle. This is why Pauline treated the daughter of the people she worked for, the Fishers, like she was her own daughter. She even thought her own daughter, Pecola, was ugly.

#THE BLUEST EYE CHAPTERS MOVIE#

She saw famous movie stars like Jean Harlow as true representations of beauty, and anything straying from that was not deemed beautiful. It explains how she would often go to the movies, and because of this eventually became fascinated with Hollywood ideals of beauty. Pauline Breedlove's younger years are described. Above, there are three prostitutes, Marie, China, and Poland, whom Pecola often visits and talks with. The two girls go to visit Pecola in her new house, a downstairs apartment. Henry touched Frieda's breasts and then was beaten by their father.

Spring arrives and Claudia tells of how Mr. Geraldine walks in and Junior blames the cat's death on poor Pecola. Pecola goes to save the cat by grabbing Junior, but Junior throws the cat and it lands against the window. Junior then takes the cat and starts swinging it around. The cat rubs against her leg and she is taken with its beautiful blue eyes. Pecola goes to leave Junior's house, but he does not let her. He meanly throws the cat on Pecola and it scratches her. The next section describes Geraldine, her son Junior, and their blue-eyed black cat. She wishes she had blonde hair and blue eyes, and is frequently found admiring Shirley Temple's picture on the cups in Claudia's house. Pecola, on the other hand, is obsessed with white ways, and wants to look white herself. Claudia is very turned off from the part of her culture that seems to favor 'white' things, or things that resemble white people. She is very popular with teachers and other classmates. She has long hair, green eyes, light skin, and nice clothes. Maureen is revered for her 'white' looks. Winter arrives and Claudia tells of a new girl, named Maureen Peal, who comes to their school. Pecola becomes obsessed in her quest for blue eyes. She thinks that if her eyes were blue, things would be different - they would be pretty, and more than that, she would be pretty. Pecola meanwhile, prays that her eyes will turn into a beautiful blue color. Sammy will frequently run away to get away from his family. They yell and fight, and Pecola and her brother, Sammy, each look for an escape in their own ways. Her mother is always working hard and nagging Cholly, while Cholly is always coming home drunk and beating Pauline. Her parents, Pauline and Cholly Breedlove, have a bad marriage. Pecola's family background is then described. Pecola and the two girls become friends and go through many experiences together, including Pecola getting her first period. She will live there until the county can find a better home for her, as her father, Cholly, burnt down her old home. Soon after that, a young girl named Pecola moves in with them, as ordered by the county. Henry moves in and flatters the young girls by telling them they look like Ginger Rogers and Greta Garbo. Claudia and her older sister, Frieda, live in a home that takes in borders. Her memories go back to the fall of 1940 (one year before the marigolds did not bloom). She thought at the time that it was because of Pecola's rape by her father, Cholly Breedlove, that no marigolds bloomed. The year is 1941, and Claudia remembers that no marigolds bloomed that year. Claudia MacTeer recounts the events of the year that lead up to her best friend's, Pecola Breedlove's, rape and the death of her baby.

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