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shod. Geraldine did not talk to him, coo to him, or indulge him in kissing bouts, but she saw that every other desire was fulfill...
in school show happy white children. Pecola surmises that happiness comes from being white, or acting white. Being beautiful meant...
In five pages the social commentary featured in Walter Moseley's White Butterfly and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye are contrasted...
This research paper/essay pertains to the subject of sexual molestation and domestic violence in black literature. The writer disc...
that what is white is beautiful, lovable and normal, while black facial features, skin color and everything else associated with b...
be that" (Bloom 17). The Bluest Eye fulfills this need, as it describes life from Pecola perspective, which includes how Pecola, a...
the abuse of a child, however the reader may not like that. This same critic indicates how it was "Her scratching the back of her...
read. Morrison presents these excerpts, and the distorted excerpts, to illustrate a nation that has long held racism out for all t...
that is, as more closely comply with white standards of beauty are regarded with more favor by both whites and blacks, such as the...
world with it" (Morrison PG). Morrison shows how overcoming stereotypical racial images is not an easy accomplishment in Pecolas...
girl who is rejected by nearly everyone. In fact, so too is her family as the lot of them is cursed with ugliness and rejection. ...
This paper contrasts and compares different images of being an American in eight pages as represented in Toni Morrison's The Blues...
This 6 page paper compares and contrasts the themes and characters in two of Toni Morrison's novels, Beloved and The Bluest Eye. T...
This 3 page paper discusses the way in which four authors treat the issues of language, rape, education and incest at the family l...
This 4 page paper describes Toni Morrison's use of imagery and metaphor in her novel Tar Baby....
This 5 page paper analyzes Toni Morrison's novel Sula. Primary source only....
This 6 page paper argues that Toni Morrison's book Beloved exposes the way in which white culture dictates black identity....
This 5 page paper compares and contrasts Toni Morrison's book Jazz with Louis Armstrong's song Black and Blue....
that, in truth, Morrison never reveals the race of the two characters although most people will assume that one is black and the o...
life of the white people in society. Morrison often uses excerpts, that gradually become very distorted and run together in lines,...
as dark and as evil as could be imagined." This could perhaps be followed with a statement arguing that "this is exactly the case ...
all her transitions into adulthood. She feels she is special, because of her religion, and is, in many ways, without a strong p...
not acknowledge Pecola as her daughter, and Pecola does not avow Pauline as her mother. Distance is quite evident in this so-calle...
relationship to his own sense of honor and integrity. In the beginning he had no doubts about getting his stepfather alone and kil...
to convey the importance of unquestioning obedience to the will of the gods; and, secondly, to emphasize the importance of familia...
a reference to "St. Louis Blues" by W.C. Handy which is one of the very first, and most popular, of blues songs (Morrison 25). F...
end, giving us a young woman who was never able to come to terms with her race, her sexuality, or her gender. She is the character...
of this is seen when she passes dandelions on the way to the store. "Why, she wonders, do people call them weeds? She thought they...
"blackness" and the sense that the darker a person is, the less worthy they are of gaining social acceptance. In fact, Pecola is ...
This 7 page paper discusses the life and works of Toni Morrison, concentrating on Jazz, Sula and The Bluest Eye. There are 7 sourc...