Morrison and Aesthetics

I don't know if Claudia's mind is shaped by "the eye of the beholder" (which is the culture, the magazine editors and video directors) or not. Therefore, I decided to carry out an investigation that will define if Claudia is or isn't following the ideas of the way in which aesthetics are being imposed to her.

When she receives a blonde-blue-eyed doll for Christmas, she destroys it. Her parents tell her that this doll is astonishing and imply that having that doll will classify her as a normal girl. I have two theories for my investigation:
1. Claudia thinks she doesn't fit the mold, and because the doll represents that whole media, she is angry she can't be like the doll.
2. She doesn't agree with the beauty scheme she lives in. She purposely doesn't think the doll is beautiful as everyone says so. 

The first one implies that she is, in fact, shaped by the beauty scheme because she is already judging herself based on other's opinions of "beauty." The second one shows how she doesn't "go with the flow." Well let's see...
Claudia is a little girl who doesn't understand much about the harsh reality she's living. This mentality would lead her to actually nodding and yielding to what she's told. But remember what I had said in my previous entry: she isn't just any child, she's a prodigy. Prodigies often go against the flow. They don't let their society manipulate their thoughts. Claudia doesn't let anyone alter her perception of beauty. Look at how she destroys that doll.

Oohh but wait a second...why would then Claudia describe, thoroughly, her family's ugliness?
Would this mean that she isn't part of it but wants to be? Well, I am not sure but even if she's not shaped by it, she is till being influenced by it. It's inevitable to avoid and not-surrender.