The Bluest Eye Analytical Essay

In The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, A character named Pecola suffers rape by her drunken father at a young age. Kendrick Lamar is a rapper that raps about real life problems, such as how African Americans have low self-esteem when it comes to their skin color. Kendrick Lamar and Toni Morrison comment upon how oppression manifests itself as internalized racism by showing self love acceptance and having a self strive for beauty. The two artists both comment on how oppression manifests itself as internalized racism by showing self love acceptance in ourselves. Kendrick Lamar, a rap artist, released a song named “Complexion” that just refers to the skin color of African Americans. In the song it says, “Beauty is what you make it, I used to be so mistaken by different shades of faces” (Lamar). In the novel The bluest eye by Toni Morrison, Pauline has a spot where she can feel powerful and has more confident in her skin color. In the novel it says, “ Power, praise, and luxury were hers in this household. They even gave her what she never had-a nickname-Polly” (Morrison 28). The quote from Complexion, is saying that make your own beauty rather than having society picking out standards for you. The quote from The Bluest Eye, is saying that Pauline found a place that brought out her own beauty which was …show more content…
Kendrick Lamar talks about finding your own beauty because beauty is what you make it. That says that to find something that society judges and learn to love it. For example he says “I use to be so mistaken by different shades of faces” and it shows before Kendrick accepted himself he use to be mistaken by all kinds of different complexions. In the novel The Bluest Eye, Pauline worked at the fisherman's house where she felt: power, confidence , and self-beauty; likewise, Kendrick said beauty is what you make it and Pauline makes it by gaining confidence at her