... approach must be combined with a formal approach. The formal approach allows the unpacking of the rich language, imagery, and metaphors of Morrison's writing, and the genetic places it in the larger context of her social consciousness. In The Bluest Eye, Morrison's uses her critical eye to reveal to the reader the evil that is caused by a society that is indoctrinated by the inherent goodness and beauty of whiteness and the ugliness of blackness. In an interview with ... Milwaukee Journal staff writer Fannie Leflore, Morrison said that she "confronted and critiqued the devastation of ra...

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