"The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

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Toni Morrison's first novel ,"The Bluest Eye" ,which was published in 1970, was the first link in a long chain of novels all focusing on pressing issues of white dominance and its impact of psyche of black people in the United States. The paper shows that although racial hatred and discrimination are as not as intense now as they must have been in writer's childhood, still the story has been developed and told in such a manner that it arouses sympathy for the black child.

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"Toni Morrison, the 1993 Nobel Laureate, has always been a champion of African American rights and like some other famous black writers in the field of literature; she too based her writings on personal experiences and observations. In most of her novels, the writer has tried to highlight the plight of black Americans in the days of her childhood when racial segregation and discrimination were intense and devastating. In "The Bluest eye", which was her first novel, the writer has addressed many important issues, some of which are still valid today. Apart from racial discrimination and hatred, the writer has delved deeper into other subjects too including meaning of beauty and the role of black community in its inferior status."

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