She starts to feel bad for the dandelion, but then agrees with everyone else that they really are ugly. A dart of affection leaps out from her to them. But they do not look at her and do not send love back. She thinks, 'They are ugly. Preoccupied with that revelation, she trips on the sidewalk crack.
Anger is better.
There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. Self-Hatred 4 Pecola unwraps her candy and admires the picture of Mary Jane on the cover. She has blonde hair and blue eyes, just what Pecola wants.