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This paper gives a synopsis and analysis of Toni Morrison's novel entitled "The Bluest Eyes." The novel takes place in the town where Morrison grew up during the first half of the 20th century, when the area still brimmed with racism and social inequity. Although the book may have centered initially on the theme of incest, the reviewer sees it as tackling the social, economic and cultural issues of the time. The story is described as the journey of Pecola Breedlove into self-hatred and insanity which was caused by the misplaced standards of society. The reviewer concludes that Morrison's novel incorporates the theme of perception and how each of us has our own view of reality. The view of reality may be a result of what the media or what society dictates.

From the Paper
"The book's story is set in the early 1940s - at the end of the Great Depression - and the MacTeer family lives in Lorain, Ohio (the same place where the author grew up). Nine-year-old Claudia and ten-year-old Frieda MacTeer live with their parents, who are more concerned with putting bread on the table rather than bestowing love and affection to the two young girls. There is an initial recollection by Claudia MacTeer about the year's events regarding the rape of her best friend Pecola Breedlove and the death of Pecola's baby. One glaring moment during that year which Claudia remembers is that no marigolds bloomed and she presumes that this was because of Pecola' father, Cholly Breedlove, rapes her, and it is fate bringing no growth to the marigolds."

Tags:Toni, Morrison, The, Bluest, Eye

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This paper examines the life and learning of the main character, Pecola, in Tony Morrison's "The Bluest Eyes". The paper investigates the socio-cultural aspects that may affect teaching to and the learning of this particular character. The paper also examines inclusive educational strategies that may be beneficial to the character's learning style and her learning process in particular in relation to issues dealing with human development, diversity and inclusion. The paper argues that Pecola is a victim in many ways.

From the Paper
"This paper will examine the life and learning of the main character, Pecola, in Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eyes". The paper will investigate the socio-cultural aspects that may affect teaching to and the learning of this particular character. The paper will also examine inclusive educational strategies that may be beneficial to the characters learning style and her learning process in particular in relation to issues dealing with human development, diversity and inclusion. The paper will argue that Pecola, the main character of the novel "The Bluest Eyes", is a victim in many ways. She is the victim of the tragic events that happened in her..."

Tags:bluest eyes, morrison, discrimination

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This paper discusses how whiteness blankets almost everything in the novel "The Bluest Eye", from the pop culture references to the language, to superstition and mysticism. The paper focuses on the idea that through the dominant gaze, whiteness appears perfect and the norm- when in actuality it is far from normal.

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"Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" seeks to discuss power and impotence through language, superstition and popular culture. All these examples of power and impotence in the novel form a perception that the whiter and more Aryan, the more perfect a person is: this is the idea that the dominant gaze is white, promoting whiteness. Toni Morrison really hits home with how destructive these predominant, oppressive ideas can be on a family and a community that is "other," or "outside" what is perceived as normal. The book itself tells the story of Pecola, a young African-American girl living in Lorain, Ohio. She moves in with a family that includes Claudia..."

Tags:toni morrison, the bluest eye, the dominant gaze

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This writer of this paper discusses Toni Morrison's first novel 'The Bluest Eye', which was published in 1970 and was the first link in a long chain of novels all focusing on the pressing issues of white dominance and its impact on the psyche of black people in the United States. Though racial hatred and discrimination is not as intense now as it must have been in the writer's childhood, this story has been developed and told in such a manner that it arouses sympathy for the black child. This paper examines Morrison's writing style, which the writer of this paper admires, yet contends that the author is too often obsessed with the plight and suffering of her community which tend to make her books often very distressing and disturbing. This paper explores the plot of the novel which revolves around the young child Pecola, who belonged to the Breedlove family while the narrator, Claudia MacTeer, a young girl from MacTeer family observes life around her and presents it as she views it. Morrison is considered master storyteller and "The Bluest Eye" is a classic example of her genius.

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"The book is essentially about colonization's impact on a child's psyche. Morrison was of one of those black writers who believed that the best way to fight discrimination and segregation was through psychological training. In the bluest eye for example, she focuses on the reactions of many black Americans to the white culture and concludes that black are oppressed not only because of intense racism but because of the perceptions regarding white skin color that perceived within the black community. Malin Walther Pereira writes, "Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, published in 1970, focuses intently on the colonizing effects of white female beauty on a black girl and her community. In her 1993 Afterword to the novel, Morrison explicitly ties the issue of beauty in The Bluest Eye to the politics of racial beauty and identity in the 1960s. She writes: "the reclamation of racial beauty in the sixties stirred these thoughts [about beauty], made me think about the necessity for the claim."

Tags:literature, racism, african-american, black, perception, america

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This paper explains that the strong maternal characters in Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" and "Sula" each have different ways of mothering their children, yet have something in common with one another. The author points out that each woman has had to endure some sort of suffering, which helped create the type of woman she is within the novel. The paper relates how Morrison depicts the internal suffering, which leads Pauline Breedlove in "The Bluest Eye" to be strong and Eva Peace in "Sula" to be powerful.

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"Pauline's suffering as both a young girl and a woman causes her to become hard and strong with her family, The Fishers and her community members. Pauline is ostracized by the black women in her community, so she embarrasses them by becoming a better Christian than they are. She is humiliated by Cholly and the ugliness of her children, so she works for a rich white family with a pretty little girl. This suffering enables her to become a harder worker and a stronger mother figure to both her children and the Fisher's little girl."

Tags:inadequate, childhood accident, worker money, one leg

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This paper analyzes Toni Morrison's novel "The Bluest Eye". The writer explains how this book doesn't belittle the characteristics of its individuals, nor does it place judgment on their actions; rather, the book emphasizes the influence of past suffering and circumstances - exploring how things came to be instead of why they came to be. The writer suggests that "The Bluest Eye" is a quintessential demonstration of the inflexibility of the world. The writer further discusses how Morrison keeps herself from blaming the plight of characters like Cholly and Pecola on any one person or action. The writer concludes that the characters' sufferings construct themselves from a mesh of negative events that were woven together by circumstances; circumstances that were created from Morrison's world - a world that seems more inclined to create misery than it does to create joy.

From the Paper
"The universe of The Bluest Eye is the bigot; it is the spawn of prejudice, the breeder of hate and racism; it shrivels the seeds of flowers just as easily as it shrivels a human baby. Morrison constructs a world hostile to human life, one that sets up humanity to suffer by endorsement of the cruel and perversion of the beautiful.
Pauline's dream is beautiful. She dreams of a male protector, an ethereal and heavenly thing that will wash away her worries and lift her up into happiness. He is a "Presence, an all-embracing tenderness with strength and a promise of rest....She had only to lay her head on his chest and he would lead her away...forever" (113). This dream seems fulfilled when Cholly happens upon her on the side of the road one day, but this chance encounter is a cruel ploy of circumstance."

Tags:racism, child, molestation, suffering, prejudice, existential, nature, evil

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This paper focuses on racial discrimination in Toni Morrison?s The Bluest Eye. There are comparisons of white and black races in different areas, such as family dynamics, economics, etc. The author also discusses on the individual?s search for self-identity.

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"Racial discrimination had a great impact on characters, plot, and themes in Toni Morrison?s "The Bluest Eye". Morrison illustrates the effects of prejudice on teen-aged girls throughout an exceptionally segregated period. The parable is weaved through the many woes of a hardworking, African-American family. Pecola Breedlove, the main character, registers the differences between race-separated classes, but longs for just one luxury that is primarily associated with whites; blue eyes. Through this scenario, Morrison explores the effects of the image paradigm held by whites on the self-esteem of the average African-American teen."

Tags:breedlove, morrison, pecola, toni, race, macteer, cholly, class, polly, maureen

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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.

Tags:race, class, gender

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This paper examines Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" in the context of how race, class and gender intersect as systems of domination and subjugation. Morrison emphasizes the theme of racial discrimination, which intertwines with the issues of gender and class in the oppression of women under capitalist patriarchy. In many respects, therefore, "The Bluest Eye" complements Marxist feminism, since it adds the dimension of racism to the realities of how classism and sexism marginalize women in society at large.

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In this five-page paper the writer explores the book "The Bluest Eyes" by Tony Morrison and examines the theme of the story and attempts to explain why it occurs. The characters of the book are explored, as are the era and lifestyle of the characters
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"This nation has come a long way in its effort to stamp out racism, but we still have a long way to go. Decades ago even though slavery was long gone the African American population in this nation was still made to feel substandard. There were "black neighborhoods," and "black schools," and "black water fountains" everywhere we looked. It was a not so subtle slap in the face to a race that had been proclaimed "equal" with the abolishment of slavery and then the amendments to the United States Constitution."

Tags:race, culture, literature, segregation