'Bluest Eye'

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This paper reviews the novel, 'Bluest Eye'. The paper discusses how gender, race and class oppression intersect in the 'Bluest Eye' in a very specific way. Those forms of oppression are located in the society and their influence seems to be very subtle but can last a lifetime. In the novel, they are especially observed in the media and in history. The paper further discusses how the novel deals with ideas about beauty and how power is accepted because it is linked with class and race. The pivotal incident in the book is Cholly's rape of his own daughter.

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