I Just wanted to touch on the motif of chapter secen, the second chapter in "spring". Pecolas mother, Pauline Williams, is after the same idealistic beauty that is shoved throughout the generations on American society, especially African American. Pauline made herself up for the movies, splurged on an attempt to match that Hollywood ideal. Until one day, she is eating candy, and loses a tooth. She immediately feels ugly and hates her appearance. This to me is implicit of Pecolas feelings to come of her own racial idenity.
How do you feel Morrison wanted the audience to view Paulines backstory?
Does the ugly/beauty motif seem effective for conveying racial tension and white vs. Black America for the time? Why or why not?
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