Essays Tagged: "Bluest Eye"
Use of color in Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eyes"
ld. It is from this world, in which she finds her 'colors', that Pecola obtains her desire for 'the bluest eyes'.Pauline and Pecola are not the only ones who are preoccupied by the idea of whiteness. ... '...for Pecola to feel acceptable, she must insure herself by possessing not only blue eyes but the bluest eyes created'8.It is not fair to say that Pecola was not loved by her father, for he did love ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"Splits." This essay discusses the Breedlove family from the novel The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.
riating. Thus, each Breedlove senses that he or she may never experience happiness.In her novel The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison depicts the piteous state of the Breedlove's rented storefront apartment; ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
"The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison,
Sula. For her book Beloved she received the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 (Toni Morrison 582). The Bluest Eye takes place in Lorain, Ohio. The story begins in Claudia MacTeer's point of view. She is ... rls. The book ends with Frieda and Claudia feeling like they failed Pecola. The theme of The Bluest Eye is desperation comes out of helplessness. The actions of several characters such as Pecol ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison.
th people that all needed help, crime rates increased and many other resulting problems ensued. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison takes place during this time period. A main theme in this novel is the q ... e problems, situations, and dilemmas as do the rest of the rising Black community in the north. The Bluest Eye tells their story and offers their experiences.
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
References to society in The Bluest Eyes (Toni morrison).
h literature often makes references to the real world's society, to what extend is this true in the Bluest Eyes?Toni Morrison's novel The Bluest Eyes takes place in 1941 in the town where the author g ... es place. Like the MacTeer family, Toni Morrison's family struggled during the Great depression.The Bluest Eyes symbolize Pecola's will to have blue eyes. Pecola, a young a black girl, associate being ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Ways of Raising Children in East is East and The Bluest Eyes
for example. This kind of unusual parents-children relationship can be seen in East is East and The Bluest Eyes. Both of them tell the story on how the parents treat their kids differently than most p ... his affections in a dictator way.Another unusual parents-children relationship we can see is in The Bluest Eyes. Pecola receives lack of affections from anyone, even from her parents, both her father ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Racial self loathing in the bluest eye
RACIAL SELF LOATHING IN THE BLUEST EYEIn "The Bluest Eye", author Toni Morrison builds a story around the concept of racial self ... ound the concept of racial self-hatred and how it comes to exist in the mind of a young child. "The Bluest Eye" deals directly with the individual psychology of the main character, Pecola Breedlove. S ... ty that she would do anything to soothe them. In her young mind, she needs a miracle; she needs the bluest eyes. All of the tragedies in this novel can be directed back to one main issue, whiteness as ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Learning to Hate--- The Bluest Eye
es women not only to hate the ideal females, but also hate themselves. In Toni Morrison's novel The Bluest Eye two of her main characters, Claudia and Pecola show hatred toward others, and themselves ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Self and Identity in The Color Purple and The Bluest Eye.
tend to show how the protagonists of Alice Walker's The Color Purple as well as Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, cope with or crumble due to these issues in their struggle to find their identities. The ... e white God (who is especially portrayed in Afro-American writings such as The Color Purple and The Bluest Eye as a further extension of Patriarchal values) have in black people? Moreso, if the Christ ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
"The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison - the perception of "beauty".
t recognized is the perception of "beauty", and what "beauty" is. Toni Morrison, the author of "The Bluest Eye" shows the life of the Breedloves. The Breedloves are a very ugly family, not only on the ... what it is, dysfunctional.Whiteness is the standard of beauty, according to the characters in "The Bluest Eye", as they all get influenced by others, such as Sherly Temple, and her school friends lik ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
"The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison - Analysis
"The Bluest Eye" takes place in the state of Ohio around the Depression in a poor African American neighb ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
The Bluest Eye
The American Dream That Made Reality A Nightmare The primer which appears in the beginning of The Bluest Eye will prove to be one of the most important aspects of the works central theme. The "Dick ... not only destroyed a family, it was responsible for the alienation of every minority in society.The Bluest Eye presents us with an in depth look at the destructive force of racial stereotypes and acce ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye is representative of the period between 1945 and the present because it tackles sensitive ... ownfall.Toni Morrison has a unique style to her writing, winning her Nobel Prize for Literature.The Bluest Eye is a perfect example of her highly acclaimed works. Morrison uses subtlety in her depicti ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
The Bluest Eye
The novel The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison, contains many passages that give specific significance to the novel it ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Self reliance through hardship
all of those motives sprout from character's hardships.Self-Reliance was imposed upon Pecola in The Bluest Eye. She had no choice but to be self-reliant. Pecola was abandoned, a victim of racism, and ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
The Bluest Eye: Pecola's World
ractive, brown eyes with which she faces the world contrast the title of Toni Morrison's novel, The Bluest Eye. Morrison's novel begins with a short passage about a seemingly perfect family. Mo ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
The Definition Of A Greek Tragedy
ion of Oedipus reveals that he justifiably deserves the title of Tragic Hero, whereas Pecola of The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison does not, due to the fact the she fills two out of the four essential r ... self. This most definitely achieves a greater deal of pity from the audience than any moment in The Bluest Eye. Oedipus? death only intensifies the compassion from the audience. Oedipus?s blindness is ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature
Color is used as one of the most important symbols
Color is used as one of the most important symbols throughout Toni Morrison's novel The Bluest Eye. One particular section in which color is often referred to is the section that describes ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
BREEDLOVE?
Nobel Prize recipient Toni Morrison’s 1970 book The Bluest Eye was written while she was still a professor at the Howard University and was a single-par ... develops a fantasy world where she is the most beloved little girl in the world because she has the bluest eyes (Tate).To represent the racism prevalent in the book, Morrison makes use of metaphors. A ... tion in society as well as the context of the story. As mentioned earlier the title of the book The Bluest Eye is symbolic of Pecolas desire to someday have Blue Eyes and her eventually madness and be ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
Narrative Technique of Sula
the rare occasions when it agrees unanimously, she presents the united community's view. As in The Bluest Eye and Jazz, the community has such a direct impact on individuals that it amounts to a char ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers