REVIEW INCLUDES OPINIONS AND REVIEW OF BOOK

The novel begins by telling the story of Jane and her traditional, cookie-cutter family. They are the complete opposites of Pecola and her family, the Breedloves. All are described as "an ugly family", whose ugliness manifests in different ways. I believe the story opens with Jane and her family to accentuate the difference between her and Pecola. Pecola's ugliness is manifested as a cloak. Something she hides behind and covers everything in her life. She is bullied at school, SA'd at home, mostly ignored and on top of that, she's poor and dark-skinned (not saying this is bad, just framing it the way the story does). 

She begins to associate all the negative things in her life to the fact that she (and many people around her) view her as ugly. She begins to desire having blue eyes because in her eyes, those who have blue eyes never face any adversity and have great lives. It's a sad story that shows all who care for Pecola and even see her as beautiful watching Pecola slowly descend towards madness.