In The Outsiders, S. E. Hinton’s use of imagery highlights how Ponyboy feels about other characters. The author’s use of characters’ eyes and hair emphasizes Ponyboy’s relationship with them and his how comfortable he is with them. When Ponyboy describes his older brother Darry he describes his eyes as ice which shows how he is uncomfortable with him. Ponyboy says that “Darry’s eyes are his own” they’re like “two pieces of pale blue-green ice”.
The Crunchie eye, Time out eye, and Mint Pattie eye depict the following colors of skin tone, black, and white. Additionally, each has a different eye colour; fire red, brown, and orange. The painted eye is skin colored yellow, with a green
“His beautiful blue eyes” this quote comes from the story Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen .The character Juli is describing Bryce another character. Juli always stays positive in hard times. Juli has a growth mindset.
The poem is a powerful expression of the importance of language in shaping the way individuals perceive themselves and their place in the world. The line "my eyes change to show my mood, my soul, my land" demonstrates how language can be used to express cultural identity through the use of metaphor. The speaker's eyes are a reflection of their connection to their cultural identity and their land, which are both deeply intertwined. Additionally, the use of the word "my" reinforces the idea that the speaker's cultural identity is personal and deeply rooted in their individual experience. However, the line "I speak English to you, you do not understand" highlights the challenges that can arise when language is used to communicate across cultures.
Pale Eyes When daily life is controlled, it is possible some people wouldn’t have the ability to see color and most parents wouldn’t love their children just due to the fact that it was not the way they were “programmed”. It may get a little frustrating after awhile... if someone even noticed that something was off. In the science fiction novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, there is a twelve-year-old boy named Jonas. He is named the new Receiver which is a very respected and high-end job in his community. This job also introduces him to a man that he calls the Giver.
Philosopher William Shakespeare said, “The eyes are the windows to the soul.” He based this statement off of something Matthew said in the Bible. To summarize, Matthew said that healthy eyes suggest that the body is full of light and if your eyes are unhealthy, your body is full of darkness. Not just the eyes, but the appearance of a person can tell a lot about his or her innermost feelings. This can be seen in the characters in Nathaniel Hawthorne's book The Scarlet Letter.
Our newborns began to develop color in their eyes, whereas we only held grey-like schemes. Soon enough, our eyes transitioned into an array of shades. Some people had brown eyes, others housed blue or pink, even green. These colors were so unlike us, but we cherished them.
On the cover of National Geographic, Gula’s eyes pierce into the reader’s soul, creating a wondrous sense of mystery along with compassion. Gula’s facial expression, particularly her green eyes, tells an unfortunate story, which is her life, perfectly. The old woman spoke of herself, saying, “I had not always bleared eyes…” The reader is safe to assume that her eyes once were as mysterious and grand as Gula’s eyes once were. It’s implied that the turmoil and animosity that the old woman faced caused her eyes to turn from magnificence to dull.
The song represents a journey to self-acceptance of not only one’s hair, but as well as self-acceptance of yourself as an African American Woman. In The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, Pecola, a young African-American in the 1960’s experiences the same shame that comes with being black in a White America. The song, uncovers this for
Dickinson’s Poems Analyzing Essay Everything has a deeper meaning to it if we really look into things and examine them carefully and logically. Emily Dickinson gave a deeper and more metaphorical meaning into her two poems,“We Grow Accustomed to the Dark” and “ Before I got my Eye Put out” through a literal perspective. The speaker is mostly talking about darkness and losing vision on a literal level.
Likewise, Morrison also uses symbolism for the duration of the novel to establish how people can judge a person based on their economic standing. For instance, symbolism is represented through the blue eyes that is repeatedly mentioned in the novel. The blue eyes represent the idealistic white middle class life that Pecola dreams of having since white people commonly have blue eyes. The reader can infer this suggestion because whenever Pecola is experiencing bad things she wishes to have blue eyes. Morrison writes, "If she looked different, beautiful, maybe Cholly would be different and Mrs. Breedlove too…Each night, without fail, she prayed for the blue eyes…
As it says, “The child had never been to a race-meeting before, and his eyes were blue fire.” His eyes convey that Paul is innocent and young, and is full of excitement; he believes he can earn his mother’s affection. However, it later states that Paul has “big blue eyes blazing with a sort of madness.” At this time, Paul has become obsessed with gaining his mother’s affection, believing that money can satisfy his mother. Finally, the last description of his eyes “were like blue stones.”
The first piece in my portfolio is a piece of Pecola with blue eyes. One of the overarching ideas presented throughout The Bluest Eye is that white features, specifically blue eyes, is the epitome of physical beauty. Throughout the book, there is vivid visual imagery of blue eyes such as those of “lovely Mary Jane” (Morrison 50). The use of the word lovely further correlates her physical appearance and blue eyes with beauty. This causes Pecola to crave blue eyes so desperately that “every night, without fail, she prayed” in order to gain what she and everyone else unanimously view as beauty (46).
It is the mother’s vulnerability to the racial standards of beauty that is transmitted to the daughter and ultimately leads to her victimization. In fact, the reason of Pauline’s vulnerability to the racially prejudiced notions of beauty lies in her relationship with her own mother. The relationship between Pecola Breedlove, the protagonist, and her mother, Pauline Breedlove, is ironically characterized by lack of love, and emotional attachment, indifference, frustration and cruelty. Set in a small town in Ohio, during the Depression, The Bluest Eye is the story of eleven year old Pecola Breedlove, who, victimized by the racist society, yearns for blue eyes, which, she believes, will make her worthy of love, happiness and acceptance in the
The Bluest Eye is a novel about a black girl named Pecola Breedlove who wishes for beauty in order to attain a better life. She faces emotional and physical conflicts throughout her childhood. At eleven years old, Pecola is raped by her alcoholic father and becomes pregnant. Unlike anyone else, Claudia and Frieda MacTeer, tries to help her through the pregnancy. However, Pecola’s baby ends up dying because it is premature.
