On page 63, Maureen Peal is introduced as she has and deals with interactions with Pecola, and as they develop an argument through Maureen asking the question, “ Did you ever see a naked man?” (). Pecola’s interaction with the people around her and ideas had detrimental effects on her self worth by lessening her self value after being raped by her father. Trying to change her perspective on life, Pecola thinks being light skinned with blue eyes will give her a different lens on life as she feels that being African American bring’s nothing but bad luck in one’s life. In “ The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison, the main character as well as the protagonist, Pecola Breedlove, is an eleven-year old girl who suffered two traumatic rapes as she is abused by almost everyone in the book. ![]() Thus, the main character’s interaction with other people and ideas negatively affect the main characters self esteem Lastly, in contrast, “ I Want to Be Miss America”, displays how the idea of beauty can negatively affect one’s self esteem as self doubt can come into play. However, as she encountered Waverly, she realized what society expected of her, and knowing it was difficult for her to fulfill those expectations, it further degraded her self worth. Similarly, in “ Two Kinds”, Jing-mei Woo didn’t want to disappoint her mother and be a failure as her mother came to America for opportunities and to lead a better life. In “ The Bluest Eye”, Pecola desired to be accepted, but in the long run her interaction with people, such as Maureen and Junior, and the idea of beauty has negatively affected her self esteem thus degrading her idea of her own self worth. Throughout “ The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison, “ Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, and “ I Want To Be Miss America” by Julia Alvarez, the main idea of the evils of society is constantly mentioned and explored. ![]() The damage to Julia's self-esteem was already done and she had begun to doubt whether she would ever fit in anywhere.A person can change themselves or the people around them due to the pressure of society’s interests and expectations. Everyone wanted to be like Julia and her sisters, but it was too late. Later America's fashion changed and it was suddenly hip to be ethnic and different. They were born into a culture that groomed girls not to have any aspirations other than being a good wife and mother. Not only did the sisters long to achieve the looks of the American girls but they wanted the freedom of choice as well. American girls had freedom as well as the blonde hair, blue eyes, leggy figures and the peaches and cream skin. The Miss America pageant gave them ideas of how to be acknowledged as an American. The sisters all wanted to fit in but with their short, frizzy hair and olive color skin they felt they needed to make some changes. After watching the Miss America beauty pageant on television with their father every year, Julia and her sisters longed to be like the American girls in the pageant. Moving from the Dominican Republic to the United States can be a hard enough change to deal with, but for Julia Alvarez and her three sisters coming to a new country and actually fitting in proved to be a much harder task. ![]() Summary of "I Want to be Miss America" by Julia Alvarez.
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