Will you play with Jane?

The beginning of The Bluest Eye holds a very interesting couple of pages. They tell the story of "Mother, Father, Dick, and Jane" who live in a green and white house that has a red door and is pretty. They have a dog and a cat and seem to be very happy overall. Yet, the question that continues to pop up in this cheerful story is "Who will play with Jane?" I noticed that as all of the good descriptions are being presented that questions keeps breaking through. It is there but almost ignored and pushed aside. Jane asks everyone to play, but does anyone really stop to play with her? This story reappears throughout the book, usually at the beginning of chapters. I think that the author, Toni Morrison, is trying to force the reader to remember the words and connect them to the book in general. Could this story be Pecola's internal struggle with wanting so badly to be a child who plays all day? However, she cannot because her surrounding force her to grow up.