Morrison writes, She was a long time with the milk, and gazed fondly at the silhouette of Shirley Temples dimpled face (19). When Pecola first moves in with the MacTeer family, she immediately developed a fascination for the Shirley Temple cups. Temple, a popular young actress in the 1930s and 40s, was best known for her curly blonde hair and blue eyes. There were many references to Caucasian girls and women that Pecola idolized. For example, in African-American culture, a woman who is thick would be considered beautiful. Other ethnic groups also have their standards of beauty. Caucasians may still consider ideal beauty to be blue eyes, blonde hair, and also thin physiques. Still in society today, we have our standards of beauty as well. These features not only included blue eyes, but blonde hair as well. Pecola longs to have blue eyes so that she could look like the Caucasian women whose features were considered to be ideal.
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