Revisiting The Bluest Eye

Pecola’s story can be sadly considered to be one of the most wicked ones in terms of both her not having parental support and getting raped by her father, whose baby she carried. Having been segregated and discriminated by a white dominant society for centuries, African Americans had to resist humiliation that was mostly because of their skin colour, which white society taught something to be ashamed of. However, the novel portrays the failure of black people from within their own communities, as well. The aim of this paper is to investigate what caused Pecola to carry all the burden on her shoulders. Scrutinizing into both her mother’s and father’s childhood, the paper will look for answers as to why her parents turned out to be such evil characters paving the way for their daughter’s tragedy.