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family. He only cares to her body and does not want to know the dispute between his father and mother. So, he runs away from the reality.
Sammy cursed for a while, or left the house, or threw himself into the fray. He was known, by the time he was fourteen, to have run away
from home no less than twenty-seven times. Once he got to Buffalo and stayed three months. His returns, whether by force or
circumstance, were sullen. 43
3.3.2 Bad treatment from Pecola ’s Peer
All people give the bad treatment to Pecola. They think that woman’s beauty depends on white skin, blue eyes and blonde hair. They will not care to ugly girls
because they think that ugly girl is not worthy. If she has the blue eyes, she will look beauty.
“Here,” they said, “this is beautiful, and if you are on this day „worthy’ you may have it.” I fingered the face, wondering at the single-stroke
eyebrows; picked at the pearly teeth stuck like two piano keys between red bowline lips. Traced the turned-up nose, poked the glassy blue
eyeballs, twisted the yellow hair 21
When Pecola knows that she is pregnant after her father rapes her. In that position, she feels down, but no one can help and give support her. Instead, they
blame, mock and despise her without feel sympathy. “Did you hear about that girl?”
“What? Pregnant?” “Yas. But guess who?”
“Who? I don’t know all these little old boys.” “That’s just it. Ain’tno little old boy. They say it’s
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Cholly.” “Cholly?Her daddy?”
“Uh-huh.” 188-189 Her peers and teacher are treated badly and unfairly to Pecola because of her
ugliness. Her condition makes her despised and ignored by them. She never get the good position in there. It makes her feels inferior.
Long hours she sat looking in the mirror, trying to discover the secret of the ugliness, the ugliness that made her ignored or despised at
school, by teachers and classmates alike. She was the only member of her class who sat alone at a double desk. 45
Even, her teachers who should be fair in treating their students also treat her badly. They never have been supportive to Pecola as a student. They also show their
disliking to her, even they are not interested in her physical appearance and do not want to touch or
look her. “Her teachers had always treated her this way. They tried never to glance at her, and called on her only when everyone was required to
respond”. 45-46
Pecola also knows that her friends often make fun of her because they consider her as the ugliest person at school and it is so funny to make fun of her. She
knows that her friends look her as a strange person because of her ugliness and because of that, it seems they have a right to make a fun with her and do or say bad
things to her.
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When one of the girls at school wanted to be particularly insulting to a boy, or wanted to get an immediate response from him, she could say.
“Bobby loves Pecola Breedlove Bobby loves Pecola Breedlove” and never fail to get peals of laughter from those in earshot, and mock
anger from the accused. 46
Pecola’s friends at school always insult her by remarking the matter of her skin. They are blacks, they know that fact, but they also know that Pecola’s skin is
much darker than theirs. That is why they always insult her by saying something bad about her skin and habit of the blacks whose skin are darker than theirs.
Black e mo. Black e moYa daddy sleeps nekked. Stch ta tastch ta ta
Statch ta tatatata 65 In this case, Pecola meet with Maureen peal in the school as a new student.
Maureen peal’s parents is come from American black skin and white skin descent. She is beautiful and rich girl. Her appearance is more beautiful than Pecola, so her
classmates are interested to her. Her classmates make comparation between Pecola with Maureen Peal. They more care to Maureen Peal than Pecola. They always insult
Pecola. Her ugliness make her classmates can do everything to give bad treatment. They had extemporized a verse made up of two insults about matters
over which the victim had no control: the color of her skin and speculations on the sleeping habits of an adult, wildly fitting in its
incoherence. 65
Firstly, Pecola and Maureen peal is close friend. One day, Maureen peal treats Pecola, frieda and Claudia to buy ice crea
m together. With Maureen Peal’s popular, Pecola hopes her existence can be recognized by Maureen peal and her other friends.
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But, Pecola does not realize that the purpose of Maureen peal close with her just for fulfill her curiosity about Pecola’s private secret. She wants to know about Pecola’s
family. Maureen Peal asked about Pecola’s father that pointed in fighting. “I didn’t say „father.’ I just said „a naked man.’”
“Well . . . ” “How come you said „father’?” Maureen wanted to Know. 71
Then, Maureen peal compare Pecola with other girl who has same name with Pecola. Maureen peals thinks that all of girls who has Pecola’s name is certain ugly
and always suffer. “Pecola? Wasn’t that the name of the girl in Imitation
of Life?” “I don’t know. What is that?”
“The picture show, you know. Where this mulatto girl hates her mother cause she is black and ugly but then cries at the funeral. It was
real sad. Everybody cries in it. Claudette Colbert too.” “Oh.” Pecola’s voice was no more than a sigh. 67
In this case, Pecola does not get recognition from her friends. The comparison between Maureen Peal and Pecola is different. Maureen Peal is more beautiful than
her. It makes her boyfriend’s more interested to Maureen Peal. They recognize the beauty of Maureen Peal
and they do not care to Pecola. So, Pecola’s existence is ignored by them. The presence of Maureen peal open Pecola’s mindset that the
chocolate skin as Maureen peal have can be recognized by people surrounding, so Pecola think that is still possible Pecola to be recognized by people surrounding as
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like Maureen peal. Her skin is also be categorized as a beauty concept as Maureen peal has.
Besides, Pecola also gets problem in her school. That’s problems come from her teachers and friends. The color of Pecol
a’s skin makes them claim Pecola as an ugly girl. Her ugliness makes her teachers and friends despise and ignore her position
as a student in there. Even, she was the only member of her class who sat alone at a double desk.
Her teachers had always treated her this way. They tried never to glance at her, and called on her only when everyone was required to respond. She also knew
that when one of the girls at school wanted to be particularly insulting to a boy, or wanted to get an immediate response from hi
m, she could say. “Bobby loves Pecola Breedlove Bobby loves Pecola Breedlove” and never fail to get peals of laughter
from those in earshot, and mock anger from the accused. 45-46 As a black girl, Pecola realizes that she is ugly. It is supported by so
ciety’s bad treatment which mock and insult her every meet each other. They always despise
her condition as she does not have important position in the society. It makes Pecola more believe that her sorrow comes from her ugliness.
The distaste must be for her, her blackness. All things in her are flux and anticipation. But her blackness is static and dread. And it is the
blackness that accounts for, that creates, the vacuum edged with distaste in white eyes. 49
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Pecola’s powerlessness to fight against the bad treatment of society makes her difficult to struggle her right as a human being who appreciated. It leads her into deep
pain. From her lack can open the chance all people to do and say anything bad to her. Pecola backed out of the room, staring at the pretty milkbrown lady in
the pretty gold-and-green house who was talking to her through the cat’s fur. The pretty lady’s words made the cat fur move; the breath of
each word parted the fur. Pecola turned to find the front door and saw Jesus looking down at her with sad and unsurprised eyes 92
3.4 The Effect of P ecola’s inferiority
