In the novel "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison, Morrison provides an interpretation of how whiteness is the standard of beauty, which warps the lives of black women and children, through messages everywhere that whiteness is superior and beautiful. ... "The Bluest Eye" has many elements that relate to Toni Morrison's own personal life. ... Through "The Bluest Eye", Morrison makes a statement about how vulnerable a young black girl, such as herself, is as she is exposed to this implied white beauty and superiority and racism. ... One reason why she wrote &quo...

• Word Count: 1083
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The plot within the frame narrative is developed in a traditional pattern. Sula is introduced in the third section, and the rest of the book centers on her and her friendship with Nel, which constitutes the rising action of the plot. ... When Sula returns to Medallion, Part Two begins, and the plot resumes and moves rapidly toward Sula's death. ... In 1970, her first novel The Bluest Eye was published under the name of Toni Morrison. ... Sula is a dark character; emotionally defined by a sense of evil and physically defined by her black coloring, as well as the darkening birthmark in th...

• Word Count: 1824
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

They were of all colors, from blue eyed blondes to black skinned Africans. ... During the past eleven days here in the Muslim world, I have eaten from the same plate, drunk for the same glass, and slept in the same bed, while praying to the same God with fellow Muslims, whose eyes were the bluest of blue, whose hair was the blondest of blonde, and whose skin was the whitest of white. ... Once the Nation of Islam saw what Malcolm was doing, they began to plot and find a way to kill Malcolm X. ...

• Word Count: 1961
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

They were of all colors, from blue eyed blondes to black skinned Africans. ... During the past eleven days here in the Muslim world, I have eaten from the same plate, drunk for the same glass, and slept in the same bed, while praying to the same God with fellow Muslims, whose eyes were the bluest of blue, whose hair was the blondest of blonde, and whose skin was the whitest of white. ... Once the Nation of Islam saw what Malcolm was doing, they began to plot and find a way to kill Malcolm X. ...

• Word Count: 1961
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School