![]() Through this theme, the author indicates the social barrier between white and blacks and institutes the idea that social barriers are formulated and not born within a character. Furthermore, the envy felt by Frieda's sister, Claudia, "I couldn't join them in their adoration because I hated Shirley" (19) exemplifies the racial idea of perfection. ![]() The repetition of light colors, indicates the racist thoughts that formulated through children's minds, and that only fair colors were "treasured". ![]() With the addition of "the world (agreeing) that a blue-eyed, yellow-haired, pink-skinned doll (is) what every girl child treasured" (20), implicates the formation of societal pressures of the idea of perfection. Pecola's ugliness further laments the idea that being black is not beautiful and is in constant search to find beauty through having blue eyes because if her eyes "were different, that is to say, beautiful, she herself would be different"(46). As seen through Pecola and Frieda's strive for perfection, the iconic idea of beauty is confined to societal figures at the time, like Shirley Temple and Mary Jane. ![]() Perfection - Beauty is confined to the idea of whiteness. ![]()
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