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beauty, which is white. In this society minorities are taught to believe that whiteness is the paragon of beauty, that being white will assure a better qualified life and define better values in society and the community. Characters in “The Bluest Eyes” by Toni Morrison establish their sense of self-worth based on these ideas of beauty. The protagonist of the novel, Pecola Breedlove, an eleven year old black girl who believes that she is ugly and that having not…

In the novel The Bluest Eyes by Toni Morrison the theme is appearance, the black characters in the novel have been taught their whole lives to trust that whiteness is the perfection of attractiveness. The characters in the story are constantly subjected to images of Caucasian people through books, candy, toys, and movies. In the beginning of the book we see the characters Pecola and Frieda rave over Shirley temple’s beauty, and later in the story we find out Mrs. Breedlove goes to the movies and…

In the novels Youth and The Bluest Eye, the narrative is ambiguous to the characters. In The Bluest Eye, there are multiple narrative perspectives that equips a more knowledgeable response to the events of the novel. The novel jumps around in characters lives to explain a better perspective to why some characters act the way they do or how past events shape them to whom they are in current events. In Youth, the main character 's perspective is vague. The narrative expresses to what the character…

Different from many other writings of American literature that discuss the periods of deep racism that took place, The Bluest Eye written by Toni Morrison, does not become involved directly with those events, instead, it focuses on exploring the remaining effects of race through self-hatred. Many characters from the novel who are African American are devastated with the cultural and already imposed notions of white perfection to the limit that they hate themselves for not being up to society`s…

races altering and adjusting their physical attributes in order to reach the standards of being beautiful. For not being considered beautiful will lead to lack of self-esteem and rejection among their peers and society. In Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, the women often face the pressure of society’s idea of “beautiful” through the use of the media to push images on what beauty should look like. Any women falling outside of society’s standards can be labeled as “Ugly” leaving woman to have low…

Change is inevitable, and it is a wave in a stormy ocean that can either bring a person down or lift them up. In Toni Morrison 's The Bluest Eye, the Breedlove family is dragged down by the constant reminder that they are not a beautiful family, and how they never will be. The standards of beauty corrupt the Breedlove family, causing Pauline to become insecure and take her insecurities out on her family; and Pecola 's friendships suffer, as well as her sanity from her many hardships.…

Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye: Racism and Self Worth Ever since the beginning of American history, race has played a role on how people view themselves, whites being the higher value versus blacks. In Toni Morrison’s novel, The Bluest Eye, Morrison unveils the values of the social community and how white standards affect how African-Americans value themselves. The life of Pecola Breedlove depicts how the social pedestal can make a 12 year old black girl feel unloved, and ultimately corrupt her…

In Through Wolfs Eyes author Jane Lindskold makes a failed expedition to a non-settled area to have a young girl, be the only survivor and be raised by wolves. Against all odds the young girl manages to survive but, alas she now thinks like a wolf. Then has a party of people head to the place where the expedition was heading to find them and bring at least an heir back from there to try to have a chance at the crown. The lack of knowledge of what happened left the group vulnerable and lucky that…

Hurston’s “Their Eyes Were Watching God” is a story about a women name Janie Crawford who is on a mission to find love. She has three different marriages in her lifetime and felt differently about each one. In “Their Eyes Were Watching God” Janie’s Three husbands have differences concerning Janie’s treatment, physical appearance, and true love One of the first differences Logan Killicks, Joe Starks, and Tea Cake don’t have in common is Janie’s Treatment. For example, in “Their Eyes Were Watching…

In the book, Their Eyes Are Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, Janie's vigorous life from her abusive husbands has embodied her independent personality as a woman. Even through the tough times, she was able to express her voice to tell her story of how the men in her life. Who have shaped who she is as a woman at the end of the book. Since Janie is a black woman she was treated with great disrespect from the whites and some of the blacks. Nanny, Janie's grandmother restrained her…