The Bluest Eye

Pecola Breedlove’s mind is preoccupied by the idea of whiteness. This idea was originally gained from her mother, Pauline, who envisions everything good in the world to have blonde hair and blue eyes, therefore setting a white scenario in her home. It is here in the "white" home, that Pauline takes the new identity, Polly. She separates from her self, physically, and enters into a world of the white person, where she forgets her …

…own fantasy. In this fantasy, she seeks her blue eyes. It is with these eyes that she believes she will become beautiful and will be accepted by society. In addition, with these same blue eyes she hopes to gain the attention and love of her mother, which is not present in her life now. "...for Pecola to feel acceptable, she must insure herself by possessing not only blue eyes but the bluest eyes created"[pg. 8].