The Bluest Eye Violence

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One of the issues which is displayed in Toni Morrison's book "The Bluest Eye" is the violence not only from the side of white people but also violent interaction between black males and females. The Bluest Eye is rich in instances of physical violence within the black society. Inside Cholly's family physical violence seems to be daily occurrence. Cholly Breedlove and Pauline Breedlove are constantly fighting in an awful way. When their marriage starts to fail Cholly and Pauline resorted to violence. "Cholly and Mrs. Breedlove fought each other with a darkly brutal formalism that was paralleled only by their lovemaking" (42). Violence seems to replace respect, love, and affection between them. ''The Bluest Eye,'' includes a rape scene in which

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