The Bluest Eye Summary
In the Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison uses abuse and hardship to show the tragic consequences that come from racism. In the videos we had seen in class showed how the blacks were treated horribly. The white people were superior. The Bluest Eye shows ways in which white beauty standards hurt the lives of black girls and women. From the movies we saw the South had millions of slaves. Slaves would usually work nonstop from sunrise to sunset. They didn't get much to eat and wore the same clothes. If a slave didn't do exactly what they were to do, they would be beaten, whipped, and sometimes killed. Toni Morrison describes the conditions under which African-Americans in general and Pecola in particular are forced to live. The characters in the Bluest Eye are faced both directly and indirectly by racism. The characters are issued to internal values that create their own set of discrimination within families and the neighborhood. Three characters from The Bluest Eye that I will be describing are Pecola , Claudia and Pauline. Pecola Breedlove is an eleven year old black girl. She is a figure of the hate that the black community has for itself and how they believe they are ugly. Pec
there then taking care of her family. Pauline is full of self hatred and takes all her anger out on her
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Approximate Word count = 971
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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