The Bluest Eye

In the summer section of the novel “The Bluest Eyes” by Toni Morrison we are introduced to Pecola’s imaginary friend. The imaginary friend is attacking Pecola for looking in the mirror too long saying she is obsessed with her new eyes. Pecola tells her new friend now that she has blue eyes everyone is jealous of them and won’t even look at her, not even Mrs. Breedlove. Pecola asks her imaginary friend why weren’t they friends before her new eyes and the friend replies that Pecola didn’t need her…

In general, relationships can indicate several distinctive qualities about an individuals, both good and bad. Not only does relationships shine light on a persons' characteristic, but it also illustrate how gender roles are depicted. In The Bluest Eye, Morrison portrays men and women relationships such as Pauline and Cholly marriage and the incestuous rape of Pecola by Cholly in a negative light that also drives the individuals into showing unwanted characteristics. Pauline and Cholly had peaks…

separating them from other humans who fit different characteristics. But who gets to decide what these different groups are? The answer lies in society, more specifically the members of society who are given power. In Toni Morrison's novel The Bluest Eye, the society of mid 20th century America featured in the…

Confronted with conflict, they eventually come to a point where they self define themselves as successful. In Morrison’s novels The Bluest Eye, Sula and Beloved, the main protagonists’ oppressive living situations, including their relationships with family members and the conditions and environment of their…

the victim for eternity. Anguish results from extreme hard times. Toni Morrison depicts the harm caused from intense trauma. The prevalence of the prominent dilemma of discrimination portrayed through the different characters in Beloved and The Bluest Eye illustrates the damage that comes as a result of the trauma. The struggle to find rightful identity demonstrates Morrison’s portrayal of how damaging and scarring segregation can be and the long term effects it has. This is exemplified in…

perfectly but a 12-year-old who goes through betrayal from every single person she trusted or getting raped and knowing she’s expecting a baby from her own father, is overwhelming. Toni Morrison does exactly that with her character Pecola in The Bluest Eye. The Bluest Eye shows that childhood experiences shape how people become later on in life. They can become abusive, powerless or unwanted just like the people in Pecola’s life who have not only hurt her but traumatized her too. To Cholly,…

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Analysis Toni Morrison’s Times Toni Morrison was born on February 18,1931 in the town of Lorain, Ohio. Her family lived in a nonsegregated part of Ohio which was only “thirteen miles away from an important stop on the Underground Railroad”(Century, 22). Throughout her childhood her family always lived in neighborhood with a proximity of white people that even if they lived in a nonsegregated area there were still places that were off-limits for black people.…

action or at the very least, to inform. However, some these books may contain undesirable and inappropriate contents such that, the messages are not ascertained, but instead, overlooked. As a result to some of these criteria, Tony Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” was often challenged because of its content. Morrison’s novel centers on a young black girl, living in rural Ohio during the 1940s between the post-Depression era and the beginning of color segregation of public places all over America.…

Furthermore, in Chronicle of a Death Foretold and The Bluest Eye the character's’ perpetual abuse towards women can be attributed to the impact of a father figure. Both books take place during a time period where sexism was considered a norm, women were not granted equal rights to men. Cholly and Santiago were raised with the concept that women are subordinate compared to men. It was “a cultural value that bestows upon men rights and privileges” that women aren’t worth of, entirely based on…

narrator of The Bluest Eye most likely because she is connected to all the characters the most. Furthermore, she defies the gender norms of society and offers a unique perspective. Claudia does not conform to the role of the little girl. She was more interested in curiosity and playing outside versus being taught how to be a mother through dolls. She feels there should be no gender restrictions. 3. Beauty has problem been created since the dawn of time and is subjective to the eye of the…