Tony Morrison portrays a little girl by the name Pecola as the main character in his Novel‚ The Bluest Eye. Pecola thinks she is ugly because she is black and so is people around her. She is abused‚ neglected and she feels hatred within herself. She interacts with people both grown-ups and kids and they have shown her that she does not fit in their community. With the mentality of her being ugly‚ Pecola thinks by having blue eyes then her life would change and she would be termed be beautiful. She
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Theresa brown March 16‚ 2011 COMS-1 9268 Madam C.J Walker Madam C.J. Walker was born Sarah Breedlove‚ on December 23‚ 1867 in Delta‚ Louisiana to Owen and Minerva Breedlove. She was one of six children. Madam C. J. Walker moved in with her older sister‚ and brother-in-law‚ Willie Powell. She married Moses McWilliams when she was 14 years old to get a home of her own to escape Powell’s abuse. Three years later her daughter‚ Lelia McWilliams was born. Like many women of her era‚ Madam experienced
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Neurotic Human behavior: a psychoanalytic approach to the Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Abstract: This study is a psychoanalytic approach to the Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. The previous research of psychoanalysis to this novel was always by using Freudian psychology. Freud’s theory of psychoanalysis focuses on determinism that human Nature is not flexible. But he doesn’t emphasize much on one’s self-realization and self growth. Freud was pessimistic and believes that neurosis is present in every
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Claudia MacTeer. However‚ there is a main focus on another young African American girl named Pecola Breedlove. Pecola’s mother is very cruel to her family by being a constant reminder that life will never equal what it would if they were of a different ethnicity. Pecola’s father‚ Cholly‚ drinks excessively and rapes his daughter later on in the novel. Despite both of their difficult lives‚ “Pecola‚ like Pauline‚ [yearn] to be seen as beautiful‚ they long for the blue eyes of the most admired child in the
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differently causing them to have confidence issues. As well as since they didn’t look a certain way it would cause them to try and change to meet society’s definition of beauty at the cost of losing themselves. An example of this is in the book Pauline (Mrs. Breedlove) learns of society’s standard of beauty and its starts to change her in a negative way to fit that image. She begins to believe and see that beauty is nothing more than just appearance’s and
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is what she said after Junior told her Pecola killed their cat. Pg.109 Polly Mrs. Breedlove-Pecola’s mom. She works for a white family and a little white girl can call her Polly while even Pecola can’t do that or while other black people may not even do that. This is Polly talking to the girl. She treats the girl as her superior even though she is the adult. The little girl in pink started to cry. Mrs. Breedlove turned to
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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. It examines racism‚ sexuality and incestuous relationship. It is a novel of initiation concerning a victimized adolescent Black girl Pecola Breedlove‚ who is obsessed by the White standard of beauty and longing for a pair of blue eyes. Why does she long for blue eyes? Because she
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beautiful; these standards that society has set regarding what is considered beautiful can be destructive‚ especially for young girls growing up during this time period. The Bluest Eye is a novel written by Toni Morrison about a young black girl‚ Pecola Breedlove‚ who prays everyday for beauty. Pecola is often
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only by the evil of fulfillment.” This quote from The Bluest Eye is the meaning of the story in a sentence. Toni Morrison is the author of this very powerful and emotional novel and through her use of symbolism‚ Morrison tells the story of Pecola Breedlove‚ an African American girl‚ and her struggle to achieve the acceptance and love she desires from her family and friends. The society that the story takes place in plays a factor in how Morrison conveys her symbolism. Each symbol represents something
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