【正确答案】正确答案：Pecola Breedlove is the protagonist of the novel, an eleven-year-old black girl who considers herself ugly, while having blue eyes would make her beautiful. Sensitive and delicate, she passively suffers the abuse of her mother, father, and classmates. Pecola is a symbol of the black community"s self-hatred and belief in their own ugliness. At the end of the novel, we are told that Pecola has been a scapegoat for the entire community. She becomes a reminder of human cruelty and an emblem of human suffering.