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    In Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye‚ the character Claudia struggles with the beauty standard that harms her sense of self-esteem. Claudia tries to make sense of why the beauty standard does not include black girls. The beauty standard determines that blonde-haired blue-eyed white girls are the image of beauty and therefore they are worthy of not only attention‚ but are considered valuable to American culture of the 1940s. Thus‚ learning she has no value or beauty as a black girl‚ Claudia destroys

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    Works Cited Research Guide to Biography & Criticism. 1990. Web. This edition reprints the original transcript of each poem by Allen Ginberg‚ also tells about his life and why he was the most famous living poet on earth. “Allen Ginsberg.” 2010. Gale. Web. 25 Sept. 2011 Shows all the works and awards he ever got and accomplished. “Allen Ginsberg.” Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. 6. 1 July 2010. Web. Talks about a long poem by Ginsberg and how its attacking American values in the 1950’s

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    Admittedly author Toni Morrison is not one of my favorite writers. Morrison’s novels are often dense with symbolism and allegories that are often complex to understand or can be easily misunderstood by a reader. Surprisingly The Bluest Eye quickly became one of my favorites. Like many who read for enjoyment I wanted to see the happy ending. Essentially I wanted Pecola to win‚ longed for her to receive her happy ending‚ felt it would only be fitting if in the end she learned to love herself unconditionally

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    Cited: 1. Carpi‚ John. "A Pox on the Pox." Scientific American 273: 10 (1995): 32-32D. York: HarperPerennial‚ 1996. New York: W.K. Freeman and Company‚ 1996. Pennsylvania: Rodale Press Inc.‚ 1995 Publishers‚ Inc.‚ 1998.

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    The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy‚ though vastly different in setting‚ characterization and individual motifs and themes presented throughout the literature‚ both successfully portrayed a broader overarching subject examining the implications of the internalization of both stereotype and legend‚ respectfully. Both authors‚ with their characters illustrate that through the course of experiences‚ teachings and other exposures; external attitudes and expectations

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    Intro This essay is going to be about the story “The Bluest Eye” & the movie “The Color Purple”. In the story “The Bluest Eye” was mostly about A girl name Pecola Breedlove. Pecola was the daughter of Mrs. Pauline Breedlove‚ and Cholly Breedlove‚ also the sister of Sammy her 14 year old brother who ran away. In The Movie it was about the main character‚ Ms. Celie‚ she was Common law wife of Albert. They had 2 kids‚ named (Olivia & Adam). Introducing the other characters in The Color Purple… Shug

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    Identity. The texts I have chosen illustrate the hazards of Western religion‚ Rape‚ Patriarchal Dominance and Colonial notions of white supremacy; an intend to show how the protagonists of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple as well as Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye‚ cope with or crumble due to these issues in their struggle to find their identities. The search for self-identity and self-knowledge is not an easy task‚ even more so when you are a black woman and considered a mule and a piece of property. Providing

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    ultimately leads to disempowerment with the transformation of an individual to the stereotypical views of society. This concept of power is explored in both ’Othello’ a play written by Shakespeare in the Elizabethan period and in Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’. The Shakespearian tragedy‚ establishes Othello as articulate‚ charismatic and self-assured. Othello exerts power in the means of military command. He has the power of heroic achievement and storytelling that makes him one of the “three great

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    article states 12 promises that Nike will work on. Including work environment for its employees. "Community Impact." NIKE‚ Inc. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2014. This article talks about community impact by the company of Nike. How it provides many jobs‚ provide to community activities‚ etc. Jensen‚ Holger. "Globalization Ala Nike." Stories. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2014. This article talks about the employments of Nike overseas. It states that the people who work for Nike are happy and have no regrets

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    "The Bluest Eye" written by Toni Morrison is a book taken place around fall of 1941 after the Great Depression‚ in Lorain‚ Ohio where a young girl named Pecola Breedlove lived and loved Shirley Temple. Since she loved Shirley Temple and was the opposite of her she believed that her own blackness was inherently ugly. She then had a tough time trying to love herself against what she believed was beautiful and classy. Which was to have blonde hair and blue eyes‚ meaning that she was idolized towards

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