Maureen “enchants the entire school,” but is she liked? Is she a likable character? Note the clues in the text that teach us how to read her even before we know her: “Her hair is braided into two lynch ropes that hung down her back” (62); It was a false spring day, which, like Maureen. . .” (64). Is our author telling us to be cautious with Maureen, to be aware of her true motivations, to be careful in not falling for her deceptive and false charms? ~What is the real reason she choose to talk to Pecola?