Do you know how important Toni Morrison’s style is in all of her works of literature? Or how she exemplifies it in her books? The works chosen for this review are The Bluest Eye, Beloved, and Song of Solomon. As a result of reading these books, it allows a non-African American reader insight into the discrimination of African Americans. Toni Morrison has written many books, on the struggle of African American women. In these books she uses theme, setting, and conflict to show the battle African American women face.
In the novel, The Bluest Eye , the theme of African American beauty is one of the many these Morrison uses. The character Pecola struggles with trying to fit in at school because she looks different than the rest of her classmates. The narrator states “Long hours she sat looking in the mirror, trying to discover the secret of the ugliness, the ugliness that made her ignored or despised at school, …show more content…
This book is based in Lorain, Ohio, a small rural town, after the Great Depression. This gives the reader an understanding of how African Americans were treated during this time. In the beginning of the novel the narrator says “Adults do not talk to us they give us directions. They issue orders without providing information. When we trip and fall down, they glance at us; if we cut or bruise ourselves, they ask us are we crazy. When we catch colds, they shake their head in disgust at our lack of consideration…” (10). That description of how African Americans were treated allows the reader to understand how hard it was for them to live during this time period. The literary critics wrote “the novel (The Bluest Eye) graphic depiction of violence and racism is integral to its audacious foray into the new problematic history of the Great Depression” (Terzieva-Artemis, Rossitsa). These two critics also took note on how the racism after the Great Depression made it extremely hard for African
In the novel, The Bluest Eye , the theme of African American beauty is one of the many these Morrison uses. The character Pecola struggles with trying to fit in at school because she looks different than the rest of her classmates. The narrator states “Long hours she sat looking in the mirror, trying to discover the secret of the ugliness, the ugliness that made her ignored or despised at school, …show more content…
This book is based in Lorain, Ohio, a small rural town, after the Great Depression. This gives the reader an understanding of how African Americans were treated during this time. In the beginning of the novel the narrator says “Adults do not talk to us they give us directions. They issue orders without providing information. When we trip and fall down, they glance at us; if we cut or bruise ourselves, they ask us are we crazy. When we catch colds, they shake their head in disgust at our lack of consideration…” (10). That description of how African Americans were treated allows the reader to understand how hard it was for them to live during this time period. The literary critics wrote “the novel (The Bluest Eye) graphic depiction of violence and racism is integral to its audacious foray into the new problematic history of the Great Depression” (Terzieva-Artemis, Rossitsa). These two critics also took note on how the racism after the Great Depression made it extremely hard for African