In a 3 page essay, consider the concept/theme of beauty as it relates to the work that we have done thus far in The Bluest Eye. Some questions to consider:
1.Define beauty as the American ideal and as it relates to . Has the ideal changed from 1940 to now?
2.Consider the representation of beauty as seen in the collages and how it is different from what you had written in your definition of beauty. How do images affect Pecola? What images affect Pecola? Are images beauty?
3.Why does Pecola say that she wants blue eyes? What is it that she really wants? And what is it that she needs to attain it?
4.How does beauty fit into Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and how does it explain that Pecola cannot get what she wants.