She is humble and kind: Maureen Peal is a young black girl who is idolized by her peers. He makes the mistake of fondling Frieda, which leads to him being ousted from the home, beaten with a broom, and shot at! He cavorts with prostitutes when the MacTeers aren't home, and bribes Frieda and Claudia with ice cream and chips. Henry Washington briefly lives with the MacTeer family. Breedlove by a mere nickname (short for Pauline), while all of the black children call her Mrs. She later encounters a young girl with golden hair and a pink dress, who flippantly asks: "Where's Polly"? It enrages Claudia that this young slip of a girl calls Mrs. Breedlove at the Fisher residence, Claudia is amazed by the cleanliness and perfection of the place. When the MacTeer sisters visit Pecola and Mrs. Breedlove experiences beauty and order vicariously through the Fishers' lives. Claudia realizes with alarming detachment how she could dismember little white girls as easily as the dolls. Older women cannot understand her lack of regard for these prized treasures, intangible in their own childhoods. Claudia discusses how she destroys white baby dolls, searching for the secret of what makes them so lovable. This beauty, they believe, will make them more valuable and loved among their own people. Their goal is to collectively lighten the family complexion, thin out their features, and overall become more "beautiful". 
Indeed, the family members are irreconcilable Anglophiles, and only marry other light-skinned black people.
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Marry blacks with light skin and Anglo features: Soaphead Church comes from a family that prides itself on its white ancestry.Trivia and Interesting Information From This Quiz
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