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The Bluest Eye is a short novel written by Toni Morrison. It was published in 1982 as part of a collection of seven similar sized novels called Seven Contemporary Short Novels. By giving the reader a look into the world of a pre adolescent girl, the book provokes emotion and stimulates thought. In addition to telling what happened, the author tells why things happened. It educates while it entertains, thus giving the reader a thorough understanding of other people, life, and even of oneself. As a form of mass communication, The Bluest Eye has advantages and disadvantages. It offers much in terms of information and other benefits, but requires more effort than, say, television or film. Perhaps the probability of selection of any media form depends as much on the audience as on the particular product.The novel consists of 135 pages of narrative describing life in Lorain, Ohio. The author begins with a children's primer story. It starts out following the rules of punctuation and grammar ("Here is the house. It is green and white." (296)), but quickly degenerates into meaninglessness ("Here is the house it is green and white it . . ." (297)). Then, after a short excerpt about two young girls being unsuccessful in their attempt to grow marigolds, the book segues into four sections differentiated by the four seasons: autumn, winter, spring, and summer. Autumn opens with nine year old Claudia and her older sister, Frieda, being told of the i
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Pecola goes along with him. In an anecdote which is almost humorous, if morbidly so, the author describes Church giving Pecola some poisoned meat with instructions to feed it to his landlady's dog. Church then tells Pecola that after eating the meat, if the dog exhibits any strange behavior, it will mean that her wish has been granted.
Of course, the dogs dies violently and the effect on Pecola is profound. Later, in a conversation between the girl and Claudia, Pecola actually believes that she has blue eyes. Her disregard for all evidence to the contrary points to the extent of her psychological deterioration. She thinks that her problems are now all caused by the fact that she is more beautiful than everyone else.
The Bluest Eyes ends by describing how Pecola eventually degenerates into madness and ends up living on the outskirts of town with her mother. It characterizes her as a kind of sacrificial lamb almost a Christ figure and declares that "love is never any better than the lover." (425). The author then closes with an admonishment of human beings for their brutality towards one another.
Although the story is tragic, The Bluest Eye succeeds in captivating the reader. It is a novel albe
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Approximate Word count = 1607
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page)
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