Jackie Lenane
American Lit.
Dr. Davis
04/28/16
The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, is a story of three young African American girls, Pecola Breedlove and Claudia MacTeer, who struggle against a culture that defines them as ugly and/or invisible. In a world where white, blond-haired, blue-eyed females are the ideal, the girls are isolated. The main character in the book, Pecola, desperately wants to be accepted in society and therefore becomes obsessive about obtaining this white beauty. She not only wants to be seen by those around her as a beautiful girl, but also wants the advantages that come with white features, especially blue eyes. Pecola believed that having a pair of blue eyes would make people think she is pretty, …show more content…
She goes to Soaphead Church, a pedophile, to seek out her deep-rooted desire. She begs him to give her blue eyes and Soaphead is instantly moved by this request. The quote: “Of all the wishes people had brought him - money, love, revenge - this seemed to him the most poignant and the one most deserving of fulfillment. A little black girl who wanted to rise up out of the pit of her blackness and see the world with blue eyes." (pg. 174) shows just how moving and understandable this request is. When Soaphead first hears her request he is instantly over come with “love and understanding”. All this girl wants is to be beautiful and to be accepted which is suchan innocent thing to ask for and something he feels horrible he cannot give her. People for superficial things, like money, ask him all day and this little girl is asking to be loved and beautiful and he cannot give it to her. She wants to experience the world with “ blue eyes”, she wants to be seen by the society as beautiful, meaning white. This is a heartbreaking moment in the book, because all she ever wanted to gain from these “ blue eyes” were not to be beautiful, but was to be accepted by others and most importantly
American Lit.
Dr. Davis
04/28/16
The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, is a story of three young African American girls, Pecola Breedlove and Claudia MacTeer, who struggle against a culture that defines them as ugly and/or invisible. In a world where white, blond-haired, blue-eyed females are the ideal, the girls are isolated. The main character in the book, Pecola, desperately wants to be accepted in society and therefore becomes obsessive about obtaining this white beauty. She not only wants to be seen by those around her as a beautiful girl, but also wants the advantages that come with white features, especially blue eyes. Pecola believed that having a pair of blue eyes would make people think she is pretty, …show more content…
She goes to Soaphead Church, a pedophile, to seek out her deep-rooted desire. She begs him to give her blue eyes and Soaphead is instantly moved by this request. The quote: “Of all the wishes people had brought him - money, love, revenge - this seemed to him the most poignant and the one most deserving of fulfillment. A little black girl who wanted to rise up out of the pit of her blackness and see the world with blue eyes." (pg. 174) shows just how moving and understandable this request is. When Soaphead first hears her request he is instantly over come with “love and understanding”. All this girl wants is to be beautiful and to be accepted which is suchan innocent thing to ask for and something he feels horrible he cannot give her. People for superficial things, like money, ask him all day and this little girl is asking to be loved and beautiful and he cannot give it to her. She wants to experience the world with “ blue eyes”, she wants to be seen by the society as beautiful, meaning white. This is a heartbreaking moment in the book, because all she ever wanted to gain from these “ blue eyes” were not to be beautiful, but was to be accepted by others and most importantly