"The Bluest Eye" (page 126)

" A smart baby she was. I used to like to watch her... a cross between a puppy and a dying man... but I knowed she was ugly. a head full of pretty hair, but lord she was ugly"  The way Pauline, Pecolas mother,  viewed her own child from birth was concerning. It seemed as if Pauline never gave Pecola a chance. She had doubts about her from the first time she layed eyes on her. learning about what Pecola went through was shocking, but after learning how her mother viewed her at one point explains everything that came later... How could a mother compare her child to a puppy and a dying man? it had to be a negative thought puppies are cute but we know Pauline believed that Pecola was ugly so......