Maureen Peal is “the dream child” (62), considered perfect. Why? What is it about her that would make her acceptable and desirable even today? Why is she particularly loved by the black community in the novel?

1. Maureen Peal as "the dream child" was considered "perfect" because she was from a wealthy home, had a cute and desirable skin colour and everyone wanted to be like her. She enchanted the school and commanded respect from both black and white boys.

2. Her wealth and cute light-skinned colour will make her to be acceptable and desirable even today. This was what the black girls, Pecola, Claudia and Frieda were wishing to possess in their own days.

3. She is particularly loved by the black community in the novel because of her skin-colour which made her cute and beautiful.

In the novel, the black community goes about with the adoration of white standards and they eventually neglect their own beauty which dwells in celebrating their black race. Such adoration affected their psche as Pecola gave a definition about beauty: to be beautiful is to have blue eyes.

Explanation:

"The Bluest Eyes" is a book by Toni Morrison which was published in 1970. The theme centres on racism and the oppression of women. It also depicted the several stages and phases of development that occurs in a woman during womanhood.