As "The Bluest Eye" comes to a close. We encounter a section of the book where Pecola converses with her friend about how beautiful her blue eyes are. She brags on and on about how she has the bluest eyes and how nobody looks at her or talks to her because of her eyes. In reality, we know that the reason why nobody talks to Pecola is because she is pregnant with her father's baby. The people feel too pitiful, ashamed, repulsed, or maybe even detested to acknowledge Pecola's existence. On the other hand Pecola completely ignores the fact that she is pregnant and perceives them as envying her "blue eyes." Pecola seems to be in absolute denial of the fact that she has been raped by her father twice. She use the fake blue eyes that Soaphead Church granted her to try to omit the fact that she is raped. This makes Pecola perceive herself as being beautiful instead of pitiful, poor, and un-pure. The false identity of beauty helps Pecola mask the truth but ultimately make her gradually more unstable until, the blue eyes ultimately drive Pecola insane.
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