Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" Book Review by Peter Pen

This paper explains that Toni Morrison's novel "The Bluest Eye" illuminates a culture in which beauty is seen as having fair complexion thus leaving darker people to be viewed as inferior and sometimes inhuman. The author points out that it is a common belief among Morrison's characters that external beauty is valuable because it inspires beautiful and compassionate behavior in others. Such misguided beliefs lead several characters in the novel to be negligent toward themselves and others. The paper relates that varying results transpire from the inabilities of Pecola, Maureen, and Geraldine to each individually recognize the unfairness of the cultural biases in which they are immersed.