Comparing The Bluest Eye And Anna Smith

The narrative styles of Toni Morrison’s novel, The Bluest Eye and Anna Smith’s one-woman documentary play, Twilight, Los Angeles are utilized to tell stories that are too difficult, or in some cases impossible, for the individuals involved to tell on their own. Each text merges first and third person narrative techniques. In Twilight, Los Angeles Smith essentially blends first and third person narrative perspectives in order to present a multitude of first person accounts of the Los Angeles Riots. Alternatively, Morrison introduces two narrative voices in the prologue and the voices remain clearly separated for the rest of the novel.
The omniscient third person narration in The Bluest Eye, introduced by excerpts from a Dick and Jane passage,