One of the many themes in The Bluest Eye seemed to be society’s idea of beauty; Claudia MacTeer played an important role when developing this theme. Claudia questioned society’s opinion of beauty, which not many characters did. She showed bravery, curiosity, and compassion. In many situations, Claudia never held her opinion back which showed how strong-headed she was and really developed her character. Morrison was very descriptive when describing Claudia’s compassion; usually her compassion showed how warm hearted and naive she was. “I thought about the baby that everybody wanted dead, and saw it very clearly. It was in a dark, wet place, its head covered with great O’s of wool…And Frieda must have felt the same thing” (Morrison 190). This passage showed how Claudia imagined the baby and how she wanted everyone to love this child, yet everyone thought of it as a disgrace. Since Claudia was a child, she didn’t really understand why the baby was disgrace, and that the baby was lucky to have a father. “Let’s ask Him to let Pecola’s baby live and promise to be good for a whole month” (Morrison 191). Claudia showed her compassion for this baby when trying to think of ways for the baby to live, it also shows how…show more content… “Her pain antagonized me. I wanted to open her up… But she held it in where it could lap up into her eyes” (Morrison 74). In this passage it showed how Claudia was angered that Pecola wouldn’t protect herself. This showed the difference between Pecola and Claudia, because Claudia wouldn’t hold back. “We stare at her, wanting her bread, but more than that wanting to poke the arrogance out of her eyes and smash the pride of ownership that curls her chewing mouth” (Morrison 9). Since Claudia was a strong girl this passage showed how she hated Rosemary, because she judged her and her sister, and wasn’t afraid to beat Rosemary