She also has a poor opinion of young and snobby Maureen Peal, who makes fun of the protagonist.  
The young narrator of this novel is disabused about the boarder Henry Washington when she sees him elicit the services of the local prostitutes, China, Poland, and Miss Marie.  She also has a poor opinion of young and snobby Maureen Peal, who makes fun of the protagonist.  Claudia, the narrator, and Frieda, her sister, as daughters of the MacTeer family, serve as the antithesis of the protagonist.  That protagonist is neglected by her mother, Pauline, and raped and impregnated by her father, Cholly.  FTP, name this Toni Morrison novel, which takes its title from Pecola Breedlove's wish for what she thinks will give her the epitome of beauty.
The young narrator of this novel is disabused about the boarder Henry Washington when she sees him elicit the services of the local prostitutes, China, Poland, and Miss Marie.  
The Bluest Eye