Blog #16

One of the reasons i find this book so intriguing is because of the narration structure. The author uses lets you see different view points by using multiple authors These include Claudia as a child, Claudia as an Adult, and an omniscient narrator. I think Claudia, as a child is the most critical narrator. She understands how Pecola feels because she is going through the exact same thing. They bot are facing the challanges and difficulties of social norms. They are both told they are not beautifuk enough for the society they live in they just handle it in two very different ways. Like in the example where Frieda was touched inappropriately by Henry. Frieda was crying, their mother screaming profanities, and their father shooting the socks off Henry, and yet Claudia was upset that she “was missing it”, feeling let out of the action and sadness for always having things happen “last” to her. Their two personalities, though different, lead for a connection by the end of the book, and the narration makes it all the more interesting.