Sunday, May 11, 2008

Hyperlink example

In her novel The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison argues that each race should be satisfied with its physical features. Through the story of Pecola Breedlove, a young African American girl, Morrison raises the problem of racial self-hatred. Pecola innocently believes that she could be considered attractive, if only she had blue eyes. Morrison writes, “It had occurred to Pecola some time ago that …if those eyes of hers were different, that is to say, beautiful, she herself would be different” (35). Although Pecola is physically ugly, the only thing that Morrison finds repulsive with Pecola is her desire to obtain the eyes of a white girl.