Shirley Temple cup

Title

Shirley Temple cup

Subject

The Bluest Eye

Description

Claudia and Frieda MacTeer possess a little blue Shirley Temple cup. Frieda and Pecola fawn over this cup because of Shirley's beauty. Pecola is so attached to the cup that she consumes 3 pints of milk from it, throwing Mrs. McTeer into a frenzy.

Creator

Toni Morrison

Publisher

Penguin Books

Contributor

Kennedi Ford

Format

Print text

Language

English

Files

shirley cup.jpg

Citation

Toni Morrison, “Shirley Temple cup,” The Museum of Fictional Literary Artifacts, accessed April 19, 2024, https://mfla.omeka.net/items/show/309.