They wait until the women leave to go inside. Henry from outside the house by the bushes. They go to the store and when they return they watch Mr. Henry, the boarder, who gives them money for candy. After this insult, Frieda and Claudia scream at Maureen while Pecola stands there showing her emotional pain, sad and withdrawn.Ĭlaudia and Frieda go home and see Mr. Maureen yells back at the girls that she is cute, but they are black and ugly. The three black girls are on one side of the street and Maureen is on the other side. Then Frieda throws a punch at Maureen, and Maureen runs away. Soon the conversation turns into a quarrel. Claudia thinks of the time when she and her sister saw their own father naked.

Maureen starts talking about boys and asks Pecola whether she has ever seen a man naked. The girls walk home together talking about the movies. Maureen is friendly towards Pecola and buys her an ice cream cone at Isaley's. Frieda rescues Pecola and they all leave the schoolyard together. They walk out of the school together and see Pecola surrounded by a group of taunting black boys in the schoolyard. Maureen's locker is near Claudia's, and one day Maureen starts a conversation with Claudia. Claudia and Frieda are both irritated and fascinated by Maureen Claudia often imagines hurting Maureen. Maureen is a light-skinned black girl she is rich, cute and held in high esteem by the teachers and other students. Claudia also relates the appearance of a new girl at their school, Maureen Peal. She recounts the hard times in her own family where her father had to work day and night to keep them from starving. In Winter, Claudia's narrative continues.

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