The Bluest Eye‚ by Toni Morrison‚ depicts characters desperately seeking to attain love through a predetermined standard of beauty established and substantiated by society. Morrison intertwines the histories of several characters portraying the delusions of the ‘perfect’ family and what motivates their quest for love and beauty. Ultimately‚ this pursuit for love and beauty has overwhelming effects on their relationships and their identity. Pecola Breedlove is young black girl who believes she
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The Bluest Eye‚ a fiction novel that shows the story of Pecola Breedlove. Pecola‚ an eleven year old black girl lives a nightmare at the heart of her yearning in this time of her life. She moves with Claudia Macteer‚ who is also a black girl. During the time they are together we can see differences and similarities in both of the children and their families. Pecola and Claudia had similarities and differences. Pecola had always dreamed of having big blue eyes. This was a synonym of beauty
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literature‚ it is not mere narration of a story but a presentation of particular culture of surroundings from multiple angles. The Bluest Eye is debut of Morrison’s literary journey. It was published in 1970‚ when the slogan Black is Beautiful was on its peak. She own Nobel Prize in 1993‚ this is the manifestation of her achievement and value of free writing. The Bluest Eye‚ recounts the adventures of three young girls: Pecola Breedlove‚ Claudia and Frieda ; and Pecola’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Breedlove
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In Toni Morrison’s novel‚ The Bluest Eye‚ focuses on society’s capacity of influencing and inferiorizing people of color‚ especially African Americans. Throughout the novel‚ the story of a young black girl named Pecola‚ shows the treatment and discrimination she experiences in her community. The cause of her problems is due to her ugliness‚ which society does not tolerate acceptable because “all the world agreed that a blue-eyed‚ yellow-haired‚ and pink-skinned” is the ideal beauty for a girl (20)
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they try to be‚ often leading that person to question whether they feel justified in their conformity. Ultimately though‚ guilt coming from a questioning of conformity is easier to live with than the admittance of unchangeable insecurities. In The Bluest Eye‚ Pecola Breedlove shows that when stripped of any ability to achieve outward conformity‚ the pointlessness of self-hatred forcibly endured will result in extreme methods of escape‚ in her case‚
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regards as beautiful? To what degree is she complicit in the social prejudices and prejudgments that she grows up with? Claudia shows clear signs of rebellion towards what the dominant culture regards as beautiful: how white people look like - blue eyes‚ yellow hair and pink skin. While Pecola submits to the prejudiced beauty standards‚ Claudia fights against them. She rebels by hating anyone or anything that is labeled as ‘beautiful’ by her society. She finds herself imagining and sometimes even
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provokes us to become better‚ to look at the horrors of our past so we strive for a better future. With her subjectivity towards racism‚ Toni Morrison paved the way for an entire generation of African American women. With her two famous books “The Bluest Eye” and “Sula‚” she gave a voice to their worthiness and beauty. As soon as Toni Morrison was born‚ her parents moved to the North‚ to escape the problems of southern racism. Morrison’s father‚ George Wofford‚ from an early age discussed
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The Bluest Eye‚ written in 1970‚ is novel by Toni Morrison. It is Morrison’s first novel and was written while she was teaching at Howard University. The Bluest Eye tells the tragic story of Pecola Breedlove‚ a young black girl growing up in Morrison’s hometown of Lorain‚ Ohio‚ during the hard times following the Great Depression. In this novel‚ Toni Morrison addresses a timeless problem of white racial dominance in the United States and points to the impact it has on the life of black females growing
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"Frieda brought her four graham crackers on a saucer and some milk in a blue-and-white Shirley Temple cup. She was a long time with the milk‚ and gazed fondly at the silhouette of Shirley Temple’s dimpled face. Frieda and she had a loving conversation about how cu-ute Shirley Temple was. I couldn’t join them in their adoration because I hated Shirley. ” I choose this quote in the book because through-out the whole novel so many people keep comparing themselves to Shirley Temple. I have been trying
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In Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye‚ the character Claudia struggles with the beauty standard that harms her sense of self-esteem. Claudia tries to make sense of why the beauty standard does not include black girls. The beauty standard determines that blonde-haired blue-eyed white girls are the image of beauty and therefore they are worthy of not only attention‚ but are considered valuable to American culture of the 1940s. Thus‚ learning she has no value or beauty as a black girl‚ Claudia destroys
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