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 directly hurt Pecola, instead she spends chapters acquainting readers with internal worlds of these abusers and the events and circumstances of their lives. It becomes clear that these assailants are in ... life, some of their actions are reprehensible and yet their traits and motives are all too understandable, familiar, and human. Pecola and her famil...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate