The Bluest Eye Socratic Seminar Essay

The Bluest Eye: Socratic Seminar further analyzed interesting parts of Morrison’s chapter, autumn. First, I thought it was an interesting that white standards of beauty today are not as prominent as it was in the past, but as society evolved these issues plaguing our society has also evolved into different forms. For example, in the modeling career there is diversity among campaigns like Aerie and as Emily experienced first-hand, beauty touches today are with physical makeup instead of edits for a perfect beauty image. However, the pressure for beauty is still a problem, as Jamie said, when you search Google the first images that show up are white women and as Christina said, actors like Beyonce, a confident black female, have edits making them lighter, showing that there is …show more content…
Cholly is perceived as ugly to the white community and the black community alike, as he deserts his family, drinks constantly, burns the house down, and fights with Pauline in front of the children. However, I agree that Cholly puts on a mask, as he suffered from genuine suffering, having suffered humiliation when white men mocked him when he was involved with a girl. Therefore, it seems that Cholly acts ugly to deal with his past traumatic experiences. Nevertheless, Cholly is still ugly, as he uses his freedom negatively to hurt his innocent family. Moreover, Pauline is also seen as ugly, as she treats Pecola brutally and does not care for her as a mother should. However, Pauline sufferers from white standards also and she could be treating Pecola with the same contempt for her dark skin and coarse features. Similar to Cholly, she handles the situation negatively by being self destructive and fighting in a “purely feminine way with frying pans and pokers” (43) The Socratic Seminar brought up insightful information about Morrison’s overall themes and