The Bluest Eye- Autumn

I think what I found most interesting about this part of the novel was when Pecola goes upstairs to talk with the Three "whores" that live above her. To me they don't seem much like the normal prostitutes, maybe thats just because of the time period that it was. They seemed to understand Pecola more then her parents did and care about her more then they did. I would say that they are someone that Pecola looks up to being that they have a home to leave in and money to support themselves, just not what they do as far as jobs. Another part of the story that I thought was weird but interesting was when Pecola went to go and get "Mary Jane's", the man at the counter seemed extremely confused by her. "He urges his eyes out of his thoughts to encounter her. Blue eyes. Blear-dropped. Slowly, like Indian summer moving imperceptibly toward fall, he looks towards her. Somewhere between retina and object, between vision and view, his eyes draw back, hesitate, and hover. At some fixed point in time and space he senses that he need not waste the effort of a glance. He does not see her, because for him there is notting to see." I feel that this part shows that he is confused by her presence and it also shows his racism. How it was not ok in his eye for an African American to be buying things or items at his store.