... had in elementary school with another little girl, who wished for blue eyes. She was still thinking about this conversation in the 1960s, when the Black is Beautiful movement worked to reclaim African-American beauty. 2. The setting of the story is takes place in Lorain, Ohio. The time is 1940 ... The setting of the story is important because it explains what kind of environment the characters lived in and it explains how the white community treated the black community. 3. All of the characters all realistic. The main characters are Pecola Breedlove, Claudia MacTeer, Cholly Breedlove, ...

• Word Count: 879
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... and fantasizes about attacking living white girls. Claudia is angry because society cherishes white skin and blue eyes and thus can never consider her, a black girl, to be beautiful. Mr. Henry makes the girls happy in the beginning by telling the young sisters they look like Hollywood stars, whom are ... somehow brings Pecola (in her own mind) one step closer to being Mary Jane. In the Second Section of the book, called Winter, Geraldine, a black woman, and her family have built their lives around the white standard of beauty, and live their lives aspiring for middle class life. The fami...

• Word Count: 1152
• Approx Pages: 5

... went to the local school with Claudia, Frieda and Pecola is a prime example that blacks have come to acknowledge. It seems as if black people of lighter skin have better lives- just like the age old stereotype of blondes having more fun than darker haired females. Well maybe ... to be lighter because after all, in school, the teachers were delighted to call upon Maureen's name; black boys didn't trip her in the hallways; white boys didn't beat her up; white girls showed her respect and black girls cleared a path when she needed to use the sink. On the other hand, Pecola couldn't ... seep...

• Word Count: 495
• Approx Pages: 2