great condition | The Bluest Eye (Vintage International)

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	• The Bluest Eye (Vintage International) Toni Morrison Vintage, 2007 - 224 pages average customer review:based on 521 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Good, hearty read, not too sure about the focus

After taking a class on American literature and being assigned Toni Morrison's "Beloved" and really feeling the emotion from that novel, I decided to read another one of her books, "The Bluest Eye". I understood the reasoning behind the scattered chapters where Morrison introduced and explained the histories and background for the characters but I struggled when I got tangled in the imagery. Morrison describes settings, actions and images in length before getting anywhere. I think the themes of the American definition of "beauty" as well as the oppression that Cholly and Pecola both feel in the novel is beautifully described and heartbreaking at the same time and though hard to read, was necessary. Though not justifying the rape of Pecola, Morrison explains why it happened and how much Cholly truly loved his daughter. The theme of paralysis shown in Claudia, Pecola, and Cholly shines through and the reader can really feel how trapped each one feels in their skin. Not being able to change a situation that has gone so terribly wrong and not being able to find a "way out". This novel really opened my eyes to what poverty and oppression does to people. This book was really hard to put down but left a pit in the bottom of my stomach after completing it. This is definitely a book that needs to be read and is still prevalent in today's society, forty years later, and is promised to make an impact.

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great condition

this book was sent to me in perfect condition. never hesitate whether to purchase from this seller or not. fast delivery and overall great business.

Great Transaction

Novel arrived just as described by seller and prior to expected arrival date. Very happy with transaction.

Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, prays every day for beauty. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in.Yet as her dream grows more fervent, her life slowly starts to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife. A powerful examination of our obsession with beauty and conformity, Toni Morrison?s virtuosic first novel asks powerful questions about race, class, and gender with the subtlety and grace that have always characterized her writing.

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