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Brown stockings and cod liver oil

Claudia and Frieda receive these objects at the beginning of the school year in Part II.

Zick's Coal Company

In Part II, Claudia describes grownups talking about this nearby business in "tired, edgy voices."

Marigolds

Claudia and Frieda plant seeds for these flowers and pray for them to bloom, but they never sprout in the autumn of 1941.

Blue Eyes

This attribute is what Pecola longs for. She goes to Soaphead Church to grant it for her.

Milk

Because of Pecola's love for a Shirley Temple cup, she drinks Mrs. MacTeer's home out of this beverage.

Movie Theater

This location is where Pauline Breedlove finds refuge from the world, and also where she develops notions of what “beauty” means.

Whiskey

After Frieda is fondled by Mr. Henry, she and Claudia go to find Pecola in order to sneak this from Pecola’s father...

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