Pecola, Claudia and Frieda. Morrison explains, on other hand, how internalisation of white-coded values abolished the poor Breedlove parents who fail to shelter their children, Pecola and Sammy, from the effects of racism that traumatize them; then, she demonstrates how stronger, more tightly-knit families, like the MacTeers, can believe in themselves, in spite of the
Fascination with white cultural values, and can offer security to their children, Claudia and
Frieda, who successfully defy the tide of inferiority thrust at them by the triumphing white indices of perfection. The present paper