Eye is a brilliantly written novel revealing the fictional trauma of an eleven-year-old black girl named Pecola Breedlove. This story takes place in the town of Lorain‚ Ohio during the 1940’s. It is told from the perspective of a young girl named Claudia MacTeer. She and her sister‚ Frieda‚ become witness to the terrible plights Pecola is unintentionally put through. Pecola chooses to hide from her disabling life behind her clouded dream of possessing the ever so cherished “bluest of eyes”. The Breedlove’s
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their features such as dark skin‚ and nappy hair were ugly. In "The Bluest Eye"‚ Claudia a little girl receives a little white doll for Christmas. In receiving this doll Claudia shows that receiving one of these dolls does not make every little girl happy. In this story Claudia receives a Caucasian doll for Christmas and describes it as a scary blue-eyed yellow haired doll. Her parents were expecting Claudia to be very happy and treat the white doll with care. The opposite of what was expected
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Basil E. Frankweiler was written by E.L. Konigsburg. This story was set in the late 1960’s. It took place in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Ney York City and at to house of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler was in Farmington‚ Connecticut. Claudia Kincaid was an 11 year old girl who was planning to run away. She planned to take her younger brother Jamie because he had a transistor radio and he was rich with twenty-four dollars and forty-three cents to take them to Ney York and back. Mrs. Basil
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skin then you are not beautiful‚ those features made you ugly. You are to be mocked by peers‚ family‚ and everyone else around you for the way you look. You were wrong to believe that you were anything‚ but ugly. On page 20 of the section "Autumn"‚ Claudia MacTeer says‚ "Adults‚ older girls‚ shops‚ magazines‚ newspapers‚ window
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In The Bluest Eye‚ Claudia MacTeer narrates the story of her childhood and how she grew up in racism. Morrison shows how it was both hard and easy to grow up as a black during those times. She describes how the blacks’ suffering is never resolved during the time span of the book. In this novel‚ she and her family take in Pecola Breedlove‚ a girl whose family is destroyed by her father’s bad drinking habits. Throughout the story‚ they treat her as if she belongs and does not acknowledge her ‘ugliness’
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Breedlove‚ Cholly Breedlove‚ Claudia MacTeer‚ and Frieda MacTeer (Morrison‚ 2007). Pecola Breedlove is an eleven-year-old black girl around whom the story revolves. Her innermost desire is to have the "bluest" (Morrison‚ 2007) eyes so that others will view her as pretty because that is what the white people have. In the end that desire is what finishes her‚ she believes that God gave her blue eyes causing her to become insane. She doesn ’t have many friends other than Claudia and Frieda. Throughout the
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Jacquelyn Gucciardi Ms. Waechter Honors English May 24‚ 2015 The Bluest Eye Although Claudia and Frieda are embarrassed and hurt for Pecola‚ their sorrow is intensified by the fact that none of the adults seem to share the same feelings of grief and their hopefulness tries to heal their disjointed society. In the passage Claudia begins to describe how she can see the baby‚ the living human that everyone else wanted dead. The baby that is still in the womb‚ she pictures the baby‚ in a dark place
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competent enough to stand trial. Barbara Streisand (Claudia Draper) plays a call girl charged with first degree manslaughter. It is Richard Dreyfuss’ (public defender) job to help Claudia prove that she is sane enough to go to trial. Claudia has a very short temper‚ outspoken‚ and doesn’t trust anyone. She violently attacked her first attorney for merely trying to advise her that the best thing for her would be to be labeled incompetent to stand trial. Claudia is evaluated by two psychiatrist who both state
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Sandra said. Especially on this day‚ a lot of money was spent in valentines gift. The old story explains how Valentine’s Day came from a priest who was working in the church and he was marrying people. Suddenly a memo came from the Emperor Claudius that said “solders may not get married any more and if any one married a solder or helped them‚ he or she’ll would take the necessary action and would send him or her to the jail. Valentine was sent to the jail‚ because he was marring solders secretly. For
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Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card‚ Valentine‚ the caring and youngest sibling‚ convinces Peter‚ the tyrannical and oldest sibling‚ to stop beating up Ender‚ their charismatic middle sibling. In addition‚ Peter influences Valentine to write with him on the nets to control the media and fulfill his desires of world domination. Valentine also makes sure Ender never goes home to Earth to protect him from their sadistic older brother who wants Ender for power. Peter and Valentine manipulate one another as well
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