Why do you think Pecola let Junior talk her into entering his house?
Pecola allowed Junior to talk her into coming into his house because she was lonely. She was surprised and delighted that someone had actually wanted to play with her and talk to her because she was not used to it. When she had to enter the house he told her no one was home and so she felt safer, and thought that she would not be rejected and told to leave by Junior's parents since they were not home. The promise of kittens had also helped to persuade her she seemed to feel comfort and love when she found the cat. All she was looking for was a friend and she thought she might have found one.
What did Geraldine assume when she took one look at Pecola?
She assumed that Pecola was a good for nothing girl. She thought that she had seen Pecola's type before and she would be trouble. She deemed that Pecola was a "nigger" girl that she was had described before and she was loud, rude, and ignorant compared to her "colored" self.
Who is Maureen Peel? Why was she so well received by everyone?
Maureen was the new girl at school. She is accepted easily by everyone because she was white, pretty and rich. Her being so well accepted proves the point that the community puts so much emphasis on being pretty and what it is to be considered beautiful. If Maureen had been ugly and did not have as much money then she would not have been so easily and willingly accepted by everyone.
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