... as Greta Garbo, Ginger Rogers, and Shirley Temple" (Magill 243). Morrison "uses the contrast between Shirley Temple and Pecola to underscore the irony of black experience" states Phyllis R. Klotman (Metzger 413). Racism is an everyday issue for Pecola. She faces the problem from whites, and blacks as well. ... and Geraldine's son, entices Pecola to come to their house by promising her a kitten. Junior's mother has a blue eyed, black cat. Junior becomes so jealous of the cat, he throws it at Pecloa and then locks her in a room with it. Junior leaves the ... cat unconscious from throwing...

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• Grade Level: High School