Essays on Bluest Eye

In the article Taking Refuge in “How:” Dissecting the Motives Behind Cholly’s Rape in The Bluest Eye by Rebecca Andrews, Andrews talks about the motives behind Cholly raping Pecola. This article shows how Andrews believes “… that Cholly is giving his daughter the only form …

According to Max Weber in his book, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, the individual cannot be studied without taking into account the social context in which the individual lives. By studying the personal influences on the individual in question, sociologists gain insight …

Pauline Breedlove is not qualified to be a mother. Although she becomes the mother of two children, she is still a child who needs someone to love her. Instead of loving her children, she despises and rejects them. For example, when Pecola is born, she …

Both novels The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska are about families from the early twentieth century who face enormous problems of living in a patriarchal home that is obviously not working. Both books focus on the daughters of the …

The literary piece “The Bluest Eye,” written by Toni Morrison and published in circa 1970, has centered on the story of an eleven-year-old female character, Pecola Breedlove (Foerstel, 2002). The central theme that has been apparent in the story is the desire of Pecola to …

The novel begins with a series of sentences that seem to come from a children’s reader, describing a house and the family that lives in the house the child wants to play but no one is available to play. This sequence is repeated and then …

It is so the start of school but the sisters Claudia and Frieda MacTeer are out to garner coals which had fallen from the railway autos. There was one time when Claudia got ill while they went out to garner coals. her female parent was …

Toni Morrison’s highly acclaimed debut work, The Bluest Eye, is one of unquestionable beauty and intricately woven prose. As a fictional writer, Morrison avails herself of her literary faculties, using her mastery of description in order to convey an unusually lucid picture to the reader. …

A few decades ago, racial discrimination has been a great concern for many, as it existed in all aspects of the society. What we know of discrimination is that a certain race, color, or ethnicity views themselves superior to others, and the ones who often …

Is a passive, young and quiet girl who lives a hard life; her parents are constantly physically and verbally fighting. Throughout the book, Pectoral is reminded continuously of how ugly she is, which fuels her aspiration to be white with blue eyes. Pectoral, a poor …