The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison helped create a space where black women writers could talk about the horrible effects that racism, poverty, and substance abuse can have not only on the adults who experience them but on their children as well.
The Bluest Eye forces us as readers to confront our own ideas of what counts as beautiful.

. When we read the novel, do we identify with Pecola’s desire to conform to the standards that contemporary celebrity culture tells us are beautiful?

.1940’s Do we secretly or not-so-secretly want to change our bodies and our facial features to look more attractive?

. do we like Claudia recoil from this idea and identify with the underdogs, oddballs, and people who look unique?