... peace prize award winning African American writer who wrote The Bluest Eye. The Bluest eye is the sadden tale of a young black girl in a black community. When reading the novel, you meet and interact with many of the characters. Pecola Breedlove, the main character who suffers significantly in the society she's placed in. Her brother, who consistently tries to escape the mad house. Pauline and Cholly Breedlove, her unhappily ... religion, and physical abuse. The research will focus on, in the The Bluest Eye, the themes of the white standard of beauty, rejection, and the skin tone hierarc...

• Word Count: 2499
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography

The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye tells the sad story of Pecola Breedlove, a poor prepubescent black girl, who wants to be loved and cared for by her family and society. She is a very dark skinned black girl and ... family and doting over their blond, blue-eyed little girl, while at the same time completely ignoring her own little girl. After being raped and impregnated by her father she is asked to leave school. The child is stillborn and Pecola goes insane withdrawing into a fantasy world where she has the bluest eyes of all. Morrison makes strong social statements about race, ...

• Word Count: 1289
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye tells the sad story of Pecola Breedlove, a poor prepubescent black girl, who wants to be loved and cared for by her family and society. She is a very dark skinned black girl and ... family and doting over their blond, blue-eyed little girl, while at the same time completely ignoring her own little girl. After being raped and impregnated by her father she is asked to leave school. The child is stillborn and Pecola goes insane withdrawing into a fantasy world where she has the bluest eyes of all. Morrison makes strong social statements about race,...

• Word Count: 1291
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... her long to look acceptable. Brown eyes are not acceptable. She must get the bluest eyes in order to have self-worth. Morrison also uses freedom to show the destructive consequences of the Americanization process. She deals with the issue of freedom as it relates to the African-American race in 1941 in the life of Cholly. Morrison describes his early existence as one full of disappointment ... his skin color, Cholly has nothing more to lose. Morrison shows us how the American idea of beauty and worth can lead to a sense of self-hate. When an aspect of ones being that is unchangeable is ...

• Word Count: 1694
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School