The Bluest Eye
A good book is one that you cannot quit thinking about. For days after you finish it you will catch yourself daydreaming about it. That is what The Bluest Eye did to me. I can't say that I liked the novel, because I didn't. It left me with an empty horrified feeling in the pit of my stomach; a realization of how harsh the world can be. I believe that this was Toni Morrison's goal for this book. She didn't want me to feel all warm and cozy when I finished. She didn't want me to 'like' The Bluest Eye; She wanted me to learn from it. I learned about a child's understanding, how people can react differently to a harsh environment, the importance of white symbols in a black girls life, and what could possess adults to do horrible things to helpless children. In short, I learned about the world. Claudia narrated most of the book, though the story is mainly about Pecola. Claudia and her sister, Fridea, are, in all visible ways, exactly like Pecola. They are poor, black girls in a world where only white is beautiful and good. The difference is that Claudia and Fridea could still love themselves and Pecola felt that she was worthless because of her black features. It makes sense that Claudia was chosen to tell the story so that she cou
Claudia and Fridea have stern, but loving parents. They still see themselves as pretty and hate the face that the world tells them that they are not. Cholly's tumultuous childhood sowed the seeds of his later inability to be a good father and husband. By the end of this book I felt that I knew all of the characters and though some of their actions, particularly Pecola's parents, angered me, Morrison showed me that few things in life are really black and white. He is an alcoholic who does not know how to show his love for anything. ld be outside of the main story, but still close enough to give us a first person account.
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