In the novel The Bluest Eye written by Toni Morrison in 1970. This was the first novel the Author Toni Morrison wrote while teaching at Howard University. Instead of numbering the chapter she uses the different seasons to depict change in time even thou not much time has passed at all. This book very different from other books written in its time is, this book was written during the American Feminist movement. The book illustrates the life of a young African American girl who strives to be different and to be something she is not. The purpose of the book is to show how a young girl felt in the society that was around her and how she wanted to change due to the what the culture of the world at that time was saying.
The Bluest Eye is a book about a nine year old girl, Claudia Macteer and her sister Frieda who take in Mr. Henry who is a tenant at the house and Pecola Breedove, a foster child. Pecola is a young girl who is described as a dark skin, curly hair and, brown eyed girl. Pecola hates her appearance and thinks she is ugly she desires to have blonde hair and blue
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The book reminds that we should always treat people with respect and kindness. That no matter what the race of a person or what their eye color is we are all in same. We are all a part of one nation and we should be kind and not discriminate but make piece and we are all equal. The cons of this story is that is shows a young black girl who is hurting and does not like the person she is. She wants to be white and have blue eyes she does not love herself. Also another con was that abusive father who raped his daughter and abandoned his family. This was so hard to read, it was awful and no one should ever be treated the way he treated his wife and daughter. He was an terrible man who had no love in his heart just