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The Bluest Eye
by Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye is well-written, but there are just too many narratives for my taste. For that reason, the book didn't resonate with me as deeply as I had hoped. I believe it could have achieved a deeper impact if the author would've focused on just one or perhaps two characters.
Nonetheless, I really enjoyed reading this. The book's meaning was very important and impactful, and I will definitely look at other books by Toni Morrison as well!
I like how this quote shows that society pressures young girls to believe that these physical attributes are the ideal standard of beauty. Also, it highlights that this kind of beauty is seen as special and that only girls who are "worthy" can have it, which is some kind of bullshit people used to believe. Some sadly still do. Impactful quote.
Now this scene was such a huge shock for me. I absolutely forgot how the book started and that it already told us, the reader, that life for poor Pecola would turn out this way.
This is such a vile thing, I almost couldn't believe what I was reading.
Little Pecola's self-loathing and internalized racism makes her wish for blue eyes, just to be finally loved and accepted :( But achieving this dream of hers would just further reinforce her belief that her natural self is unworthy. I want to take her in my arms and comfort her so bad.
So tragic, that everyone build up their own self-esteem by exploiting Pecola's weakness and looking down on her. Such a cruel way to show how people try to feel powerful by making others feel unworthy and small. Here you can really see how Pecola's story is intended to highlight the effect of racism, internal self-loathing and societal pressure on individuals.
Nonetheless, I really enjoyed reading this. The book's meaning was very important and impactful, and I will definitely look at other books by Toni Morrison as well!
Adults, older girls, shops, magazines, newspapers, window signs - all the world had agreed that a blue-eyed, yellow-haired, pink-skinned doll was what every girl child treasured. "Here," they said, "this is beautiful, and if you are on this day day 'worthy' you may have it."
I like how this quote shows that society pressures young girls to believe that these physical attributes are the ideal standard of beauty. Also, it highlights that this kind of beauty is seen as special and that only girls who are "worthy" can have it, which is some kind of bullshit people used to believe. Some sadly still do. Impactful quote.
Cholly saw her dimly and could not tell what he saw or what he felt. Then he became aware that he was uncomfortable, next he felt the discomfort dissolve into pleasure.
Now this scene was such a huge shock for me. I absolutely forgot how the book started and that it already told us, the reader, that life for poor Pecola would turn out this way.
This is such a vile thing, I almost couldn't believe what I was reading.
A little black girl yearns for the blue eyes of a little white girl, and the horror at the heart of her yearning is exceeded only by the evil of fulfillment.
Little Pecola's self-loathing and internalized racism makes her wish for blue eyes, just to be finally loved and accepted :( But achieving this dream of hers would just further reinforce her belief that her natural self is unworthy. I want to take her in my arms and comfort her so bad.
We were so beautiful when we stood astride her ugliness. Her simplicity decorated us, her guilt sanctified us, her pain made us glow with health, her awkwardness made us think we had a sense of humor. Her inarticulateness made us believe we were eloquent. Her poverty kept us generous. Even her waking dreams we used - to silence our own nightmares. And she let us, and thereby deserved our contempt. We honed our egos on her, padded our characters with her frailty, and yawned in the fantasy of our strength.
So tragic, that everyone build up their own self-esteem by exploiting Pecola's weakness and looking down on her. Such a cruel way to show how people try to feel powerful by making others feel unworthy and small. Here you can really see how Pecola's story is intended to highlight the effect of racism, internal self-loathing and societal pressure on individuals.