Bluest Eye Essay Vincent K.
The novel,Bluest Eye written by Toni Morrison describes the story of Pecola, a quiet,passive girl that is told numerous times that she is hideous that suffers from racial harassment. Her family does not help her through the horrible events. In fact her father,Cholly rapes her abuses her consistently. Moreover, because most characters are of black ethnicity, they are also told racial slurs. The story of Soaphead Church takes place towards the end of the novel because of the following. …show more content…
He is delusional because his obsessions make him become a perverted man with sexual desires for women makes him feel superior. The power also comes from his white ancestry because they have successful lives wand thus, they use that successfulness to make fun of those who don`t have those opportunities mainly black people. This enforces the idea that Soaphead disassociates himself from his black traits.
The only difference between Soaphead and Cholly is that they were both abused at different stages of their lives. Cholly was mainly abused during his childhood and Soaphead was abandoned by his father at a later stage of life. This shows us that no matter what time one can be abused in their lives the will still be abused to the fact that one becomes delusional.
Morrison purposely puts both stories together because Pecola has reached a state in which she can`t tell, who’s who.
Typically, the juxtaposition of Soaphead`s story and the rape scene reflect the amount of abuse black people received in society after the great depression. Additionally the significance
The novel,Bluest Eye written by Toni Morrison describes the story of Pecola, a quiet,passive girl that is told numerous times that she is hideous that suffers from racial harassment. Her family does not help her through the horrible events. In fact her father,Cholly rapes her abuses her consistently. Moreover, because most characters are of black ethnicity, they are also told racial slurs. The story of Soaphead Church takes place towards the end of the novel because of the following. …show more content…
He is delusional because his obsessions make him become a perverted man with sexual desires for women makes him feel superior. The power also comes from his white ancestry because they have successful lives wand thus, they use that successfulness to make fun of those who don`t have those opportunities mainly black people. This enforces the idea that Soaphead disassociates himself from his black traits.
The only difference between Soaphead and Cholly is that they were both abused at different stages of their lives. Cholly was mainly abused during his childhood and Soaphead was abandoned by his father at a later stage of life. This shows us that no matter what time one can be abused in their lives the will still be abused to the fact that one becomes delusional.
Morrison purposely puts both stories together because Pecola has reached a state in which she can`t tell, who’s who.
Typically, the juxtaposition of Soaphead`s story and the rape scene reflect the amount of abuse black people received in society after the great depression. Additionally the significance