![]() ![]() Dealing frankly with matters of sexuality – including incest, pedophilia, and sexual violence – The Bluest Eye speaks to the multiple patterns of dominance and the consequences of victimization and helplessness that typify many parts of the American experience.Ĭontroversial even today, The Bluest Eye has been removed from high school curricula in some states even in recent years. Set in the year just before America entered World War II, Morrison’s novel deconstructs the societal norms of the American family and society in a way that reveals the anguish and futility that many, especially those that live in impoverished communities, experience when dreaming the America dream. Pecola wishes to have blue eyes, which to her are symbolic markers of beauty that she has learned and adopted from multiple social cues. ![]() Written in 1970, The Bluest Eye is Toni Morrison’s first novel and tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, a young African-American girl living in rural Ohio. ![]()
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