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Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye takes place in Lorain, Ohio sometime in the early 1940’s. Moreover, the MacTeer and Breedlove families are the main characters that surround the protagonist, Pecola Breedlove. There are a handful of hardships that Pecola and the others face, and within these struggles lie symbols that convey a deeper meaning to the context. The main two symbols that Pecola herself struggles with are the identity of blue eyes and her the love within her house and others. Pecola’s…

Get Rid Of Puffy Eyes Overview Puffy eyes refer to the form of swelling in the tissues around the eyes which are called the orbits and are usually caused by hormonal changes, allergies, stress, and lack of enough sleep, aging, eye fatigue, excessive crying and excess fluid accumulation called oedema, which is due to too much consumption of salt. When you wake up in the morning and your eyes are puffy, it can be so irritating and this can make you tired and ill. Puffy eyes can be associated with…

Racism in The Bluest Eye The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison presents ideas of racism, and how that affects those of color in the society at the time. The idea of anger from the set ideals is expressed in different ways is clear and comes up many times within the novel, as well as the idea of ugliness, and what that’s perceived to be. On page 174 in the novel, one of the main characters in the novel, Pecola, goes to Soaphead, a psychic of sorts in the community, to try and get blue eyes. The…

Fun Facts About Third Eye The esoteric and mystical concept which refers to the invisible eye providing perception beyond an individual's normal or ordinary vision is known as the third eye. Do not confuse this with what is sometimes called the "mind's eye." That is something completely different. The third eye is a traditional spiritual reference used in Hinduism and is also referred to as the ajna, which is another word for chakra or brow. Theosophy There are Theosophy beliefs with relation…

Know Your Body - Eyes Introduction The eyeball lies in the cavity of the orbit. The eye is acted upon by muscles, blood vessels and nerves. The structure of the eye ball has been depicted in the following diagram. Fig: Structure of human eye What is making up of the eye? Conjunctiva: It is a mucous membrane which covers the under surface of the eye lids and is reflected form the eyelids to cover the anterior part of the eyeball up to the margin of the cornea. The three layers (see the diagram…

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The novel The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, a young African American girl in Ohio who faces great adversity as a result of her race, gender, and age. She wants nothing more than to have blue eyes, believing that they would make her beautiful and improve her quality of life. She lives in a small house with her mother Pauline, her father Cholly, and her brother Sammy. In an excerpt titled “Battle Royal” from Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, the narrator faces…

In the novel The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, Morrison begins the novel by illustrating what an ideal family looks like. The ideal family has a cute and pretty house with two happy and loving parents with a happy daughter who plays all day. As the novel progresses we learn that the Breedlove’s, a black family living in 1941, do not have the characteristics of an ideal family. The father is an abusive alcoholic, the mother is an optimist trying to keep her family together, and Pecola is a…

1970, Toni Morrison published her first novel, The Bluest Eye. Set towards the conclusion of the Great Depression, The Bluest Eye follows a year in the life of 11-year old Pecola Breedlove, seen through the eyes of 9-year old Claudia MacTeer, Pecola’s peer, and an omniscient third party. Pecola longs for love and acceptance that she believes her black ethnicity deprives her of, and believes that “beauty” (blond hair and the “bluest” eyes) will abolish her invisibility in white society.…

Morrison the bluest eye teaches us that society image of beauty can be dangerous.…