#Summary of the bluest eye skin#
Her natural skin tone is dark, which leads to her being constantly mocked by other children. They were marginalized firstly as women and secondly as Black and we call this double marginalization.In The Bluest Eye, Pecola Breedlove is a young african-american who wishes at a very young age to be blessed with blonde hair and blue eyes. This novel is set also during that time when Black women were struggling to get their rights.
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Pecola was raped by her father this is also a type of violence and abuse. The cat that Louis the son of Geraldine beat and later smashed on the window is another example of violence. Pecola’s father faced violence and abuse in his childhood and he felt violated and disgraced. Not only discrimination is there, but viol ence is also another essential element of the novel. She thinks that all the mistreatment she gets is because of the black colour. Pecola witnesses around her that white is beautiful so she wishes for that. Dog dies and Pecola becomes delusional that she got blue eyes. He manipulates Pecola that if the dog will behave strangely she will get blue eyes. He tricks her and gives her poison to give to a dog. Pecola goes to him and asks him to wish for her blue eyes. He considers them impure and inferior and he has only interest in little girls. Soaphead Church proclaims himself that he is a psychic and he hates humans’ touch. She is more sophisticated and different from other people. Geraldine who belongs to the upper class thinks that whatever the differences and discrimination towards black people, she is above all of this. In which, Pecola’s family is the most damaged one. The Bluest Eye not only shows the difference between the white and Black communities, but it also highlights different types of families in the Black community. Here they make a wish with the flower of Marigold that if it will bloom the child will survive, neither the flower bloom nor the child survives. Pecola gets pregnant, Claudia and Ferida wish that the child will survive. But Pauline later beat Pecola and said nothing to her husband. He attacked his own daughter and raped her. Pecola’s father’s childhood was traumatic and he also had a bad experience with white people. She loves their children more than her own children. She starts working as a maid in the white people’s houses and takes care of them more than their own. she thinks that if they would white, they will be more successful but because they are black, this is the reason they are unhappy. In The Bluest Eye, Pecola mother Pauline since her childhood sees white people as the epitome of beauty and intelligence. Discrimination, Traumatic childhood and element of violence: She is unable to cope with it and believes that blue eyes are beautiful.
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However, she rejects this notion while Pecola Breedlove believes that white is beautiful and sees white people as always right. Claudia MacTeer who is a narrator of this novel she sees around that whatever is in white colour, people consider it beautiful and look at it with love. Mr and Mrs Breedlove are a troubled couple and for this reason, Pauline Breedlove finds an escape in her own imaginary world. While if a family has no union and they are unable to solve their problems then they cannot survive outside. It means that if the atmosphere inside the house is strong, then it is easy to fight and survive outside. While the Breedlove family blames racism for their problems, MacTeer family has made their children strong so racism does not affect them much. While MacTeer family makes their children confident. The difference between Breedlove and MacTeer family is that the Breedlove family is perplexed, confused about their identity and no union between them.
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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison focuses on the family relationship of the Black community and the inferiority complex develop because of the social standards. Difference between both MacTeer and Breedlove family in The Bluest Eye: Pecola Breedlove: The Bluest Eye revolves around her and she is the protagonist and daughter of Pauline and Cholly.
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Toni Morrison is one of the most famous writers.