The Bluest Eye Metaphor

Jordan Reuille-Dupont Geanette p.5 Language Arts 26 April, 2018 Metaphors In the novel, “The Bluest Eye,” by Toni Morrison the unorthodox structure and undermining content inspired and continues to inspire controversy. Morrison’s creative narrative approach addresses many issues of racism and identity. Through the course of the novel some vulgar subjects are also introduced, such as incest and pedophilia. In the book the point of view founded by the characters following their upsetting lives helps

In her novel The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison illustrates the varying yet interconnecting experiences of African-Americans in a prejudice society. The novel, told by Claudia and an omniscient third person narrator, contains a variety of literary techniques that help tell the story of Pecola, her family, and her town. One of these techniques Morrison often implements in this text is the use of metaphors. For instance, in the first chapter, Claudia explains “there were no marigolds in the fall of 1941

also uses metaphors to describe the conditions under which African-Americans in general and Pecola in particular are forced to live. There are two major metaphors in The Bluest Eye, one of marigolds and one of dandelions. Claudia, looking back as an adult, says in the beginning of the novel, “there were no marigolds in the fall of 1941”. She and her sister plant marigold seeds with the belief that if the marigolds would grow and survive, so would Pecola’s baby. Morrison unpacks the metaphor throughout

study. Winter moves into it and presides there…And he will not unrazor his lips until spring” (Morrison 61). In this passage of The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison uses metaphors and a desolate tone to display how separated Claudia is from her father. A concrete example of the using metaphor is found in the first sentence “My daddy’s face is a study” (Morrison 61). This metaphor demonstrates that Claudia does not know her father well. She hopes to one day to figure him out and to know him better. She knows

their Shirley Temple mug and glaze at young Temple’s blue eyes. One day Pecola is raped by her father, when the child the she conceives dies, Pecola goes mad. She comes to believe that she has the bluest eyes of anyone.      In the novel, The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison incorporates various techniques, such as her use of metaphors, the ironic use of names, and the visual images that she uses. The theme of The Bluest Eye, revolves around African Americans’ conformity to white

The notion of truth comes up in many contexts, including philophy, science, and religion. Naturally, it is discussed in literature too. In The Bluest Eye and A Streetcar Named Desire, the reader in invited to reflect on this concept throught the different characters, who each have a different way of dealing with their very own vision of the “truth”. The But not all characters deal with reality the same way, and, most importantly, not all characters consider the truth as purely realitity. Truth

‘Morrison makes race a central component of the discussion about gender’ The Bluest Eye concentrates on the key contemporary American issues: racial and sexual politics. More distinctly, the novel centres on the impact that socially constructed views of race have on gender relations within the black community. As Butler-Evans highlights, “race rather than gender had become the overriding sign for the oppression of black people” and Morrison’s novel responds to this political issue by focusing

The novel The Bluest Eye written by Toni Morrison is a very interesting book based on the background and the author and what is going on during the novel. Morrison has four main characters that keep the novel going and it’s interesting to readers. This novel is very developed and overall a very good book. Morrison shows this through overcoming struggles, characters growing, and how she uses literary devices within her writing. All four main characters in the story are very different in their own

Race and Gender in the Bluest Eye In the Bluest Eye, Tony Morrison shows beauty and the value of it from the viewpoint of the black’s and how people in black society impose the white standards onto its people. Pecola Breedlove is an African American girl who longs to be loved and accepted in all communities especially her own. She lives in a world where members of her own race define aesthetic beauty based on white culture. Pecola has an odd transfixion of having the bluest eyes as she sees that it

The Tree. This quote relates with many of the focal themes of The Bluest Eye, such as internalized racism, colorism and white supremacy. Malcolm X’s speech and Toni Morrison’s, The Bluest Eye both highlight self hatred and white supremacy, as well as the effects it has had on the black community. Pecola Breedlove, the protagonist of The Bluest Eye, feels insecure about her features: “Each night, without fail, she prayed for blue eyes. Fervently, for a year she had prayed. Although somewhat discouraged

Personally, my favourite example is on line four, where Wilde rhymes "bluest" and "through mists." I found this to be an impressive rhyme because it is hard to notice it as a rhyme since, not only is it a single word rhyming with two words, but also because it exists outside the poem's rhyming scheme. As for the actual

your hands.”? How has this phrase become a metaphor? What is it a metaphor for? The old woman, when she says of the bird “I don’t know…in your hands,” means that the fate of the bird is inevitably going to be decided by the children. She repeats the phrase, “it is in your hands,” being as the bird symbolizes language, to emphasize that the use of language can be once again corrupted or pure, literally the bird’s fate. This phrase has become a metaphor

The story I read independently is called The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. The story is told by two narrators: Claudia Macteer who is a grown woman reflecting back on her childhood, and an unknown narrator. This Novel is about how America's standards of beauty affect African Americans. In this novel the community has accepted blond hair, blue eyes, and light skin, as the only forms of beauty and they pass these beliefs onto their children. This theme is very prevalent in today’s society because the

Use of the Fences Metaphor in Describing Racial Injustice in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, the Song "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot", and August Wilson's Fences In today's world it is difficult for young people to get a good handle on the past. This is especially the case when talking about the history of African-Americans in the United States and the "consequences of racial injustice" which they faced. Toni Morrison shares her thoughts on this topic in

black/whiteness. Specifically, white people were positioned at the upper part of the hierarchy, whereas, African Americans were inferior. Consequently, white people were able to control and dictate to the standards of beauty. In her novel, ‘The Bluest Eye’, Toni Morrison draws upon symbolism, narrative voice, setting and ideals of the time to expose the effects these standards had on the different characters. With the juxtaposition of Claudia MacTeer and Pecola Breedlove, who naively conforms to