Bluest Eye Compare and Contrast Essay

The Bluest Eye, a fiction novel that shows the story of Pecola Breedlove. Pecola, an eleven year old black girl lives a nightmare at the heart of her yearning in this time of her life. She moves with Claudia Macteer, who is also a black girl. During the time they are together we can see differences and similarities in both of the children and their families. Pecola and Claudia had similarities and differences. Pecola had always dreamed of having big blue eyes. This was a synonym of beauty for Pecola. She thought that if she could get blue eyes she would get someone to love her. On the other side, Claudia was proud of being black, even though society recognizes that beauty is similar to Shirley Temple, she did not had the thought of changing something from her body. Differences are also seen on both children’s parents. Pecola’s father, Cholly, was a violent man. He abused her wife domestically in front of his children. He also raped her daughter and she had his baby. Pecola’s mom rejected the family she had. Her marriage was slowly tearing apart because of Cholly’s drunkenness and violence. When Pecola got raped by her father, her mom did not believe her. Claudia’s parents were strict. Her father was overprotective. For example, when Mr. Henry touches Frieda (Claudia’s older sister), her father throws a bicycle at him and tried to shot him. Claudia’s mom was a strict woman, but she cared about her family. She would not let her girls do anything bad, this way they would grow being women of good. Even though Pecola and Claudia had many differences, they also had similarities. One of these similarities is that they are black. Because of them being black, society constantly bombards them with comments about racism and color ideology. People call them ugly for being black and these two girls wonder what makes white people so beautiful. Another similarity is that they are little girls. Since they are little girls they share the same ideology, even