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* BrownNoteBeing: Pecola is described as such, although it's [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] given that the novel is a work of realism. Nearly every character in the book--including her own family members--feel inexplicably and inherently repulsed by her, as if there's something deeply ''wrong'' with her very existence. Part of the book's tragedy is that Pecola does nothing to deserve this, and it's not even clear how "ugly" she really is (or if she's ugly at all). The only people in town able to somewhat resist this repulsion are China, Poland, and Miss Marie, the local prostitutes, as they're able to spend time with Pecola without any negative effects.
* ThrowTheDogABone: The majority of Pecola's life is full of abuse, misery, and hatred, but she's able to experience a little bit of happiness when she spends time with Miss Marie, China, and Poland, the town prostitutes. They offer her worldly advice, tell her funny stories, give her presents and nice clothes to wear, and have even taken her to the movies and a carnival with no prompting beyond wanting to give her some cheer.
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* UngratefulBastard: The child narrators [[DiscussedTrope discuss]] this trope when they reflect on receiving dolls as presents--''white'' dolls. They don't want dolls that don't look like them, but their parents go on rants about how lucky they are to have toys at all, and how they'd have given anything for something like that as a child, etc., etc.
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* UngratefulBastard: The child narrators [[DiscussedTrope discuss]] this trope when they reflect on receiving dolls as presents--''white'' dolls. They don't want dolls that don't look like them, but if they complain, their parents go on rants about how lucky they are to have toys at all, and how they'd have given anything for something like that as a child, etc., etc.
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* UncannyValley: InUniverse, Claudia states that she's "physically revolted by and secretly frightened of" Raggedy Ann dolls. [[invoked]]
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* AdultFear: Claudia and Frieda's parents take in a boarder named Mr. Henry. He seems a little sleazy, but not bad. But then they find out he was touching Frieda inappropriately, and chase him out of the house.
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* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Utterly [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]]. China, Poland, and Miss Marie are open about their hatred for the men who seek them out and the wives of those men, have no issue charging for their services, and outright admit that they didn't get into prostitution because of need or bad circumstances--they just ''like having sex'' and, upon learning that people were willing to pay for the privilege, jumped at the chance. The narrator even outright says that they're ''not'' the hookers of old Western novels, where this trope reigned supreme. And yet China, Poland, and Miss Marie are probably the nicest characters in the whole book--they spend time with Pecola and, unlike everyone else in town, treat her with kindness by giving her presents, telling her stories, and offering advice about men (which is more than her own mother ever does), and even taking her to the movies and a carnival with no prompting.
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* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Utterly [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]]. China, Poland, and Miss Marie are open about their hatred for the men who seek them out and the wives of those men, have no issue charging for their services, and outright admit that they didn't get into prostitution because of need or bad circumstances--they just ''like having sex'' and, upon learning that people were willing to pay for the privilege, jumped at the chance. The narrator even outright says that they're ''not'' the hookers of old Western novels, where this trope reigned supreme. And yet China, Poland, and Miss Marie [[ReconstructedTrope are probably the nicest characters in the whole book--they book]]--they spend time with Pecola and, unlike everyone else in town, treat her with kindness by giving her presents, telling her stories, and offering advice about men (which is more than her own mother ever does), and even taking her to the movies and a carnival with no prompting.
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* AdultFear: Claudia and Frieda's parents take in a boarder named Mr. Henry. He seems a little sleazy, but not bad. But then they find out he was touching her inappropriately, and chase him out of the house.
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* AdultFear: Claudia and Frieda's parents take in a boarder named Mr. Henry. He seems a little sleazy, but not bad. But then they find out he was touching her Frieda inappropriately, and chase him out of the house.
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* InnocentInaccurate: Whenever Claudia narrates. When Frieda says their parents claim that she may be ruined like the Maginot Line,
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* InnocentInaccurate: Whenever Claudia narrates. When Frieda says their parents claim that she may be ruined like the Maginot Line, Claudia assumes that means Frieda will get fat. She tries to reassure her sister that Frieda could exercise and not eat.
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* AdultFear: Claudia and Frieda's parents take in a boarder named Mr. Henry. He seems a little sleazy, but not bad. But then they find out he was touching her inappropriately, and chase him out of the house.
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* BlasphemousBoast: At the end of Soaphead Church's letter to God, he brags that he is superior because he can do the one thing that He can't: grant Pecola her blue eyes.
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* BlasphemousBoast: At the end of Soaphead Church's letter to God, he brags that he is superior because he can do the one thing that He can't: grant Pecola her blue eyes. [[spoiler:Unsurprisingly, he dies soon after]].
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* DownerEnding: No one's fortunes improve by the end of the novel. Most of them are worse off.
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* DownerEnding: No one's fortunes improve by the end of the novel. While Claudia and Frieda are okay if despondent, [[spoiler:Pecola suffers a nervous breakdown and loses her father's baby due to her mother beating her up, her brother runs away and Cholly dies, leaving her with Pauline and being expelled]]. Most of them are worse off.
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* MisplacedRetribution: When Pauline finds out that [[spoiler:Cholly impregnated Pecola, her response is to beat up her daughter so bad that Pecola suffers a miscarriage. Likewise, she's expelled for showing up to school pregnant and not even knowing why]].
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* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler: Pecola ends up becoming pregnant after her rape at the hands of her father, though she's not even a teenager yet. It doesn't [[ConvenientMiscarriage end well for her.]]]]
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* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler: Pecola ends up becoming pregnant after her rape at the hands of her father, though she's not even a teenager yet. It doesn't [[ConvenientMiscarriage end well for her.her after her mother beats her up.]]]]
