The Bluest Eye
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Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in.Yet as … More »
Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in.Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. A powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity, Toni Morrison’s virtuosic first novel asks powerful questions about race, class, and gender with the subtlety and grace that have always characterized her writing.
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A new edition of the first novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author relates the story of Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old Black girl growing up in an America that values blue-eyed blondes, and the tragedy that results because of her longing to be accepted. Reprint.
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The story of Pecola Breedlove profiles an eleven-year-old African-American girl growing up in an America that values blue-eyed blondes and the tragedy that results from her longing to be accepted.
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In the novel The Bluest Eye, the most significant example of a person having low self-esteem is Pecola. In The Bluest Eye, the reader learns that Pecola was raped and impregnated by her father in the family kitchen. Toni Morrison describes Cholly’s thoughts at the time of the rape as being excited. The narrator, Claudia, comments, “...the silence of her stunned throat was better than Pauline’s easy laughter had been” (Morrison 162). Pecola’s silence is an example of her being powerless and a contributing factor to her low self-esteem. Pecola feels that her future is hopeless and she feels betrayed by the rape at the hands of her father. This is not how a father is supposed to treat his daughter. A father should talk to his daughter, give her advice, and make her feel that she is worth something. Pecola feels alone and powerless and that she can not trust anyone.
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Add a QuoteTHE BLUEST EYE
“He stood up and in a vexed whiny voice shouted at Cholly, ‘Tell that bitch she get her money and get the fuck out of here!’”
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Add a CommentThis has been one of the best books I've ever read. It is beautifully written and captures our true obsession with beauty and trying to fit in. Very powerful.
this definately explains the crimes that some people have to go through
This book has everything you can imagine about life. It includes family problems, racism, rape, drunks, loneliness, suffrage, etc.
This was Toni Morrison's first Novel. It is a great book, beautifully written, brutal, raw, and powerful.
This book is one of best I've read about systematic racism. Morrison's writing style is very interesting and she really captures the belittling nature in which Black individuals were oppressed. She depicts the harsh realities of living in a community considered racially inferior, and how that can lead to a young girl's utter destruction. It was slightly graphic and perhaps not appropriate for younger readers. Overall great book, no wonder Morrison won the Novel Prize!:)
Very eye opening read about a young black girl. Sometimes graphic but well written.
Oprah is always so into Morrison so this was my first try. It was average, a good read, interesting. But nothing special.