The Clear Message of The Bluest Eye :: Bluest Eye Essays

The Clear Message of The Bluest Eye   The Bluest Eye fits into our study of the Ameri sight novel because it tells the story of a group of Americans, men and women and children who are descendants of slaves, and live in a society where, even though many people deny it, the color of your skin determines who you are and what privileges you are entitle to. I think that Morrison does a wonderful job of telling a story that is palpable, that makes the reader feel something, and that makes the reader relate, regardless of your skin color.   I cannot say that I can relate to what it must have entangle like for Pecola to be c all(prenominal)ed a a nasty infinitesimal moody bitch and accused of killing a cat when she did nothing. But, I can say that I know what it is like to feel ugly and scared. Pecola is an thorough example of a person who is treated horribly by everyone she encounters, whether it is because she is disastrous or ugly or both. Her mother ignores her, her father rapes her, her friends betray her, little boys and girls and adults call her names, and even a cat and a dog are killed in her presence. All of these things are experienced by people all of the time, however, it business leader not be as extreme or it might just be one or two of the things. Something that seems as petty as name calling is something that happens to all Americans.   Morrison takes American experiences and characteristics, such as violence, growing up, love, family, hatred, race, beauty and ugliness, and illustrates them in a way that is so clear, withal so painful. These American experiences are not covered up or toned down to seem less serious they are real and they are heart-breaking. Every one of Morrisons characters can be related to in one way or another because they are Americans and they are human. I think that Morrison sums up how The Bluest Eye impacted me in the following bring up So it was with confidence, strengthened by pity and pride, that we decided to change the rails of events and alter a human life (191).