Nothing's Wrong With Black Eyes Kookie

Blue eyes? Brown eyes? Black eyes? What's the difference? Pecola longs to have blue eyes to such a big extent. "Each night, without fail, she prayed for blue eyes"(Morrison 46). Pecola's family was black. They had dark skin and dark eyes. They were simply born like that. Pecola's strong desire for blue eyes is unrealistic, but it shows how the cruetly and judgements she witnesses ties in to how she is seen by others. If she was the one who possessed blue eyes, maybe others would want to act in a perfect manner and never in an ugly way in front of her. "He does not see her, because for him there is nothing to see"(Morrison 48). She is characterized lower than anything when she is talking to the man in the store. Pecola and her family are discriminated because of their skin color, specifically. However, Pecola doesn't mention anything about wanting to change skin color, but she would rather have blue eyes. This proves how Pecola wants to see things in a new perspective as much as she wishes to be seen differently. It is truly sad to see how she goes to the extent of "blinding" herself in order to convince herself that she is just as beautiful as others. Everyone possesses beauty but in a world filled with harsh, blue eyes that make others feel as if they are shrinking, the definition of beauty is distorted. Having blue eyes doesn't always make an indiviudal any "prettier". Interior beauty has to be acknowledged more and more nowadays. The connection between how Pecola is seen by others and what she sees has a tragic impact in her life.

Blue eyes don't always make the person "pretty"