Toni Morisson's novel The Bluest Eye is about the life of the Breedlove family who resides in Lorain, Ohio, in the late 1930s. This family consists of the mother ... makes her even "uglier." She feels she can overcome this battle of self-hatred by obtaining blue eyes, but not just any blue. She wants the bluest eye. Morrison is able to use her critical eye to reveal to the reader the evil that is caused by a society that is indoctrinated by the inherent goodness and beauty of whiteness ... pervasive and destructive social racism is. Narration in novel comes from several sources. Much of the...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In her novel The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison tells a tragic tale, carefully leading the reader through the circumstances which result in Pecola Breedlove's demise. She does not allow the reader to feel a satisfied hatred toward the characters who ... yet their traits and motives are all too understandable, familiar, and human. Pecola and her family allow us to begin to comprehend the pain and consequences of assumed racial inferiority. Morrison wants her audience to seriously reflect upon racism. She forces us to confront what it really means for its victims, and shows us that like a toxin, it ...

• Word Count: 403
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate