Beauty Standards at the Age of Innocence Beauty standards set by society for black women fuels into their insecurities and drives them towards self-hatred. From the start‚ Pecola’s community‚ classmates‚ teachers and parent’s 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
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In Munro’s short story the protagonist grows up on a fox farm with her family‚ she is well aware of the role of the fox’s lives‚ as they are maturing the process of slaughter is the turning point for the foxes lives for their pelts. The maturing of the foxes to become slaughtered‚ link to the idea of a girl maturing to a woman. As the foxes are skinned and their pelts are sold compared to a woman being a “pelt” to the man she marries. “The naked slippery bodies were collected in a sack and buried
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Although Sula is represented as an evil source in the black community‚ her perspective of life was not bad enough to earn that role. Her actions and attitudes towards the community is reckless and hurtful‚ but they must been a reason for her ways. Everyone has their own perspective on life‚ so maybe thats what Sula had in mind when she grew up. Her life is much different than Nels so‚ it would turn out more complicated or easier than hers. But in the end with Sula’s habits and problems
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In the words of Toni Morrison herself‚ “Freeing yourself was one thing‚ claiming ownership of that freed self was another”. Beloved is a narration of a former slave‚ Sethe who is trying to obtain true freedom. Though she no longer belongs to a master of a plantation‚ she is chained to her trembling past. Through the use of her characters‚ Morrison effectively conveys the memorable horrors of slavery that impact their everyday life and displays the powerful social class whites had in the eighteen
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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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Wentworth season 5 cancellation blues? The prison drama series is happening‚ and it is happening sooner than anyone thinks. Speculations of the show’s cancellation is driving fans anxious. Everyone is eager to find out if the show is coming back. Furthermore‚ viewers want to know if Wentworth season 5 is coming back with Danielle Cormack’s Bea Smith. After all‚ Wentworth is set around the story of Bea Smith during modern-day Australia. It starts with her crime of murdering her husband. She leaves
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“Sula” The story of the two girls friendship is the part that I found relatable. I too have a best friend and we may be very different that Sula and Nel but we all have that relationship of a best friend who is your support system through your adolescence. This is what Nel and Sula provided for each other. Both girls came from such varied backgrounds. Nel‚ coming from a small family that was quiet and organized. Her father was alive‚ but never around. Sula came from quite the opposite. Sula had
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In literature‚ writers take different approaches in their narration in order to accurately convey their message. The Poisonwood Bible‚ by Barbara Kingsolver‚ is a novel about the Prices‚ a religious family who moves from Georgia to Kilanga--a fictional village in the Belgian Congo. Their story‚ which parallels the western emergence into the post-colonial era‚ is told through multiple narrators: Nathan Price--the father and only male family member‚ Orleanna—Nathan Price’s wife‚ and their four daughters--Rachel
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The book Underground to Canada was about determination. Julilly always had determination even in the worst of times. When Julilly was taken away from her mother she still had the determination to be free. Also when she was being beat at the Riley Plantation she still had the determination to be free in Canada. Even when Julilly found out her friend had died she still had the determination to be free. Throughout all the times where it seemed that nothing could go worse she still found the determination
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Toni Morrison doesn’t include a strong sexual theme in Sula just for shock value. Rather‚ the author uses sex to reveal clues towards the personalities of different characters‚ and how traits get passed down from one generation to the next. Some of the important clues provided in each characters personality traits come from differing sexual attitudes they hold. Disagreements between sexual appropriateness develop the relationship between Nel and Sula‚ as well as Sula’s broader relationship with the
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