Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye

The Bluest Eye was published in 1970 and was the first book that Toni Morrison published. The genre of The Bluest Eye is African American literature and the intended audience for this book is mostly for adolescent and adults. Now the author Toni Morrison was born on February 18, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio and she was born with the name of Chloe Anthony Wofford. Toni Morrison’s father George Wofford had a job as a welder and had side jobs while her mother Ramah, was a domestic worker. She had three siblings and was the second oldest of the four children. Toni was an American novelist, editor, and a Professor at Princetown University . She is mostly known for her epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed characters.
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The first one and most important is Pecola Breedlove who is the protagonist of the novel. She is a twelve year old girl who thinks she is ugly because she is repeatedly called that. So Pecola thinks that no one will abused her anymore and she would fit in if she has blue eyes. The next character is the narrator of the story which is Claudia Macteer. She is an independent and strong young girl. However she is still too young to understand certain things especially the part of finding love and the self- hatred that damages her peers. Claudia has a sister named Frieda Macteer. She is older than Claudia and is close to become an adolescence so she understands more about the adult world and is sometimes braver than Claudia. Now the first adult to talk about is Cholly who is a complicated character. He has major problems with women since his mother abandoned him and he was humiliated when he was doing his first time with her girl. Cholly went through a lot of stuff which caused him to become impulsive and violent towards others including the women from his life. He is both tenderness and rage but mostly rage wins since he has to much anger that was built up when he was growing up. Pecola’s mother Pauline has some stuff from the past that makes her believe she is ugly. Pauline was in an accident causing her to have a bad foot that she is embarrassed by it. She does not find any meaning from taking care of her family but instead taking care of a white family. Pauline loved going to the movies because she would always imagined that its her in the movies that finds true love and is beautiful. It also didn’t help that she was a country girl who didn’t know what to wear and her accent made her stick out even more. These are the characters from The Bluest Eye and they all have their