Question

cite me evidence on when Pecola Breedlove felt down about her self because she wanted blue eyes in the book the bluest eye

Answer 1

Here are several pieces of textual evidence from Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye showing that Pecola Breedlove feels bad about herself because she wants blue eyes. I give short context, a direct quotation where possible, and where it appears in the book so you can locate it in your edition. (If you want exact page numbers, tell me which edition/press you’re using and I’ll give them.)

1) Pecola’s nightly prayer for blue eyes — her repeated longing and the depth of that longing
- Context: Early in the novel, the narrator describes Pecola’s long, intense prayer for blue eyes.
- Quotation: “Each night, without fail, she prayed for blue eyes.”
- Location: Early in the novel; narrated in the sections that introduce Pecola and her desire.

2) Pecola’s belief that having different (i.e., white) eyes would change her whole life
- Context: The narrator explains how Pecola has come to think that if her eyes were “beautiful” (read: white/blue), everything about her would be different.
- Quotation: “It had occurred to Pecola some time ago that if her eyes, those eyes that held the pictures, and knew the sights—if those eyes of hers were different