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sd-beog
sd-beog
Student
High School - 12th Grade

why was it ironic that the boys teased Pecola about being black and about seeing her father sleep naked?

did she really see her father sleep naked?

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Posted by sd-beog on Saturday October 11, 2008 at 5:25 PM and tagged with ironic, the bluest eye.

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  1. nsteacher
    nsteacher Teacher

    It's ironic that the boys are teasing Pecola about being black because they are black themselves.  They are basically reinforcing the lessons of a white society that has worked to convince blacks that they are inferior.  As for seeing her father sleep naked - they are making an assumption that whites probably make about blacks as well - that they are uncultured enough to sleep naked.  The irony is that the boys' fathers probably do the same thing - that's most likely how they got the idea in the first place.  The boys don't realize that their hateful words towards Pecola are also representative of their own self-loathing.  

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    Posted by nsteacher on Sunday October 12, 2008 at 9:38 AM