... to overcome in a world that doesn't accept them. While exploring these various emotions, Toni Morrison also changes the styles in each novel. In The Bluest Eye, the main character, Pecola Breedlove, feels as though she is not beautiful as society says she should be. "The American culture of the early 1940's defines beauty in terms of such actors as Greta Garbo, Ginger Rogers, and Shirley Temple ... . Coming back twenty years old, Beloved, Sethe's dead baby's spirit, wants an apology for not having a childhood. Beloved goes to the home of Sethe and Denver, Sethe's daughter. As the novel b...

• Word Count: 2522
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School