Social Acceptance and Beauty

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The paper examines Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" where Morrison exposes and attacks all the people who disseminate the standards of social beauty and behavior that diminish Pecola Breedlove's sensitivities and contribute to her sad life. The paper discusses how Pecola's self-knowledge was fed only by her family and her social experiences that allowed her no place in either familial or social existence. The paper posits that Morrison has succeeded in embarking our society on its journey into self-acceptance by altering the perception of what is beautiful and socially acceptable.

From the Paper:

"The universe wants to remain chaotic. It is chemically natural for organic molecules and inanimate objects to resist any type of order. Think of the miles of wire behind your computer that tangle endlessly while you are away, or the complete disorder that a stack of books piled on the back seat of a car becomes when they reach their destination. Chemists have proven this phenomenon, called entropy, repeatedly in controlled experiments where organized molecules in a small closed system become chaotic and disordered without any outside interference."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Campbell, Joseph. The Hero With a Thousand Faces. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1973.
• Delman, Greg. "10 Questions for Toni Morrison" Time Online Magazine. Aril 7, 2008. <http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1738303,00.html> Accessed April 7, 2008.
• Harris, Reg. "The Hero's Journey: Life's Great Adventure." April 28, 2005. <http://www.yourheroicjourney.com/Journey.shtml> Accessed May 5, 208
• Jung, Carl G. The Undiscovered Self. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1958.
• Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye. New York: Random House, 2007.

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