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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
5.0

'but singular as pecola's life was, i believe some aspects of her woundability were lodged in all young girls'

morrison's way of providing the perspectives of the people around pecola and how they unloaded their own prejudices and experiences with injustice onto this vulnerable child (both intentionally and unintentionally) was such a heartbreaking way of giving depth to pecola's self loathing wish of having blue eyes