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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Shirley Temple‚ the consensus that light-skinned Maureen is cuter than the other black girls‚ the idealization of white beauty in the movies‚ and Pauline Breedlove’s preference for the little white girl she works for over her daughter. Adult women‚ having learned to hate the blackness of their own bodies‚ take this hatred out on their children—Mrs. Breedlove shares the conviction that Pecola is ugly‚ and lighter-skinned Geraldine curses Pecola’s blackness. Claudia remains free from this worship of whiteness
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community. In this novel‚ characters begin to internalize the racism presented by these people‚ and feel inferior. The stereotype torments them mentally‚ and in some cases‚ to the point of insanity. The character most affected by racism is Pecola Breedlove. Pecola Breedlove’s character is defined by several different types of racism. It is present in her family‚ especially her parents‚ from school‚ and from society‚ where white children are considered to be “more important” than black children. Pecola
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Pecola is staying with the Mcteer family because her house was burned down by her father and he ended up in jail. Neither of her parents bothered to check on her after Cholly was released from jail which shows the problems that lie in the Breedlove family. Toni Morrison shows us throughout the novel the toxic relationship that she has with her parents and reveals to us how that conflict began Pecola’s self-hatred began and how it climaxed into insanity. Pecola’s self hatred is mostly
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Pecola Breedlove is seen as worthless by almost everyone she interacts with. Pecola is forced to internalize her feelings because everyone around her in society hates her. This is evident through the way everyone in town protrudes malice towards her and her baby. As a result of all of the abuse that she suffers through because of her father‚ mother‚ strangers and other children‚ she comes to believe that her life would improve if she had the ability to obtain blue eyes. “It had occurred to Pecola
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A Study on Status of Women in Black Writing ( with special reference to Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest eye’) P.KARTHI Assistant Professor of English Gobi Arts and Science College(Autonomous) Gobichettipalayam. E-mail:- con2karthi@gmail.com Toni Morrisons ‘The Bluest Eye’ a neo- slave narrative is concerned with the themes of racial exploitation during the world war
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unspeakable experience in the white patriarchal world. Pecola‚ the heroine in The Bluest Eye suffers what Philomela does‚ for she is raped by her own father. Moreover‚ she suffers from emotional rape from her mother. Pecola’s father Cholly Breedlove has a traumatic childhood when he is abandoned by his parents and his is forced to perform sexually for two white hunters. Then‚ Cholly regards his black identity as inferior and stigmatized because of the disgraceful exposure of himself as weak
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Characters * Pecola Breedlove: She is an eleven year old black girl who believes she is ugly. She wishes for blue eyes to make her feel beautiful which is granted at the cost of her sanity. * Claudia McTeer: The narrator for parts of the novel. She is a very strong minded nine year old who fights for good causes. She is a stable force throughout the story. * Minor Characters * Cholly Breedlove: The always intoxicated father of Pecola and husband of Pauline. He experienced traumatic
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Carter 3 Taylor Carter December 12‚ 2014 A6 Krygier The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye is a tragic story about a young girl black girl‚ named Pecola. Pecola’s life is told from the point of views of herself‚ Claudia‚ and an omniscient narrator. Throughout The Bluest Eye‚ Pecola is told she is ugly from a very young age. She believes that the only way she can be beautiful and accepted is if she has blue eyes like the white actress‚ Shirley Temple‚ or the white dolls she gets every year for Christmas.
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first takes in a young boarder named Pecola Breedlove after her father Cholly has attempted to burn down the family home‚ but she is soon reunited with her own family despite their hardships. The MacTeer family are essential to the novel because one of the young daughters‚ Frieda‚ seems to suffer from a much less severe racism than most other characters‚ going as far as to destroy a white doll she is given. Cholly drinks‚ and Cholly and Pecola’s mother Pauline are physically abusive towards each other
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