... in the novel. Several characters construct and perpetuate fantasies or beliefs about transcending their circumstances. For Pecola, a belief that if she had blue eyes she would have an ideal life guides her; for Pecola's mother, movies provide that same hope and escape. Claudia and Frieda find courage in the fertility of the earth as they associate growing seeds with the wellbeing ... Frye's lecture on Hero from Across the Sea to the narrator, and lastly, I will examine the underlining symbolism within Morrison's novel using Archetypal Imagery. According to Frye's theory of modes, litera...

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Toni Morrison is a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and the first black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her first novel, "The Bluest Eye," was published in 1970. In the book's foreword, Morrison explains her reasons for writing the novel. She states that the idea to write this ... culture and heritage, which are found in the unity of the community. The character of Claudia forms her present identity through the understanding of her African-American heritage. The author guides us toward the conclusion that by honoring a mixed heritage and constantly challenging racial interpretat...

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