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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Morrison’s "The Bluest Eye" the reader better understands how young black girls were treated in the 1940’s through the character Pecola. Pecola is one of the main characters and throughout the story all she wants is to get acceptance from the society. Her dream is to have the bluest eyes so she will be pretty and all her problems will go away. Not being able to cope with these hardships from her society‚ Pecolas self-hatred grows deep in her heart. The reader understands Pecolas tough life through
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drill into her head that she is unattractive. Pecola Breedlove comes to admit she is ugly as she starts obsessing over the idea of having the bluest eyes to make her attractive. Pecola full-heartedly believes that blue eyes are a necessity for beauty and if she were to by some means acquire them‚ all of her problems in life would disappear. “Why‚ look at pretty-eyed Pecola. We mustn’t do bad things in front of those pretty eyes” (46). Pecola assumes blue eyes are the key to gaining admiration from her
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Sabrina Peters Midterm Paper Professor Hurt March 12‚ 2015 The Bluest Eye For decade’s society has always had a certain set of beauty standards that (young) girls and even women were expected to meet. Those girls and women who did not meet these certain idealistic standards‚ they were often made fun of‚ pushed aside‚ treated poorly‚ and at times they were not considered or seen as beautiful; these standards that society has set regarding what
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In this passage‚ Toni Morrison instills upon the reader a sense of great irony by contrasting the feelings of the world and the little girl about the doll. The world sees the doll as the epitome of beauty while the little girl sees it as the personification of the impossible standards of beauty. Morrison’s diction in this passage serves to emphasize the differences of opinion of the doll between the little girl and the rest of the world. The world sees this doll as "[the little girl’s] fondest
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The extract from the Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison outlines the casualties that an African-American family faces from a young girl’s perspective. The author effectively uses the point of view of a young girl to instigate both a sympathetic and empathetic response from the reader. The transition of the narrator from a bewildered to an understanding individual also leaves an impressive impact on the reader. This shift in character illustrates the young girl becoming mature. Thus‚ this extract can be
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Toni Morrison ’s The Bluest Eye Throughout her novels Toni Morrison conveys to her readers the idea of a community ’s responsibility to act out against violence‚ rape‚ sexual abuse‚ and racism. Her writing‚ at times‚ bears witness to a community ’s tragic abandoning of its youth‚ of identity‚ of history. Morrison explores tThe theme of sexual abuse‚ the implications of which often tragically affect children‚ most occurs throughoutextensively in Morrison ’s novel The Bluest Eye.s. Morrison ’s objective
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people that all needed help‚ crime rates increased and many other resulting problems ensued. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison takes place during this time period. A main theme in this novel is the "quest for individual identity and the influences of the family and community in that quest" (Trescott). This theme is present throughout the novel and evident in many of the characters. Pecola Breedlove‚ Cholly Breedlove‚ and Pauline Breedlove and are all embodiments of this quest for identity
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To me this quote represents how Claudia anticipates the events that the book will give us the reader’s attention to‚ most notably Pecola’s pregnancy. She remembers that she and Frieda pointed fingers at each other for failing to grow the plants one summer‚ but now she thinks if the earth itself was a danger to them‚ a more radical possibility. I believe this quote represents the levels of Pecola’s desire‚ she does not want blue eyes because they apply to the standards the whites have applied‚ but
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The Impacts of White-Dominated Media on Blacks in The Bluest Eye Media has always been a great influence on people thoughts. In The Bluest Eye‚ Toni Morrison cites such organization as one of the major factors which not only creates degrading stereotypes of the African Americans‚ but also establishes a feeling of self-hatred within the people themselves. Toni Morrison portrays the prejudiced media in America drawn by white-domination contributes internalized racism in African Americans bringing
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