... , and his son was half Ojibway, the author allowed the reader to see how Pierre felt he was superior to the Natives. When a Native did him a favor, by picking up a handkerchief that he dropped, Pierre sneered at him and told him "Do me a favor, if you will. Drop it in the nearest campfire." (Fuller 318). In The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison discusses the hardships of a little Black girl ... , named Pecola. Morrison uses the characters of the novel to show how the slavery-based racism and ... self-loathing affect the Black community. The main character, Pecola, obsesses over her desire to hav...

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