... by society, Pecola Breedlove, the protagonist of the story, goes quietly insane, withdrawing into a fantasy world in which she is the most beloved little girl. By society's standards, Pecola is ugly because her skin is darker than a normal lighter skinned black child. Morrison takes this poor, innocent, ugly, little black girl and shows the devastating effects of daily events on a young child ... , this happened because "the pressures which these children sensed against being brown forced them to evade reality."( Briggs v. Elliot Transcript) Clark testified that his research illustrated ...

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• Grade Level: High School