Toni Morrison who is an African American was born on February 18, 1931 and grew up in Lorain, Ohio. She is a beloved author, play writer, and even professor. Toni often wrote books about the black community which she learned from her father George Wofford. Her mother Ramah gave Toni her love for reading. “The Bluest Eyes” is one of her many books that has won many awards and nominations including the Nobel and Pulitzer Awards. “The Bluest Eyes” was written in the year 1970.
While Toni Morrison was growing up she met a young black girl. The young girl told Toni that she dreamed about being beautiful by having blues and curly brown hair like the well known character Shirley Temple. Talking to this young girl led to the subject and inspiration
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Around the house and yard was a white picket fence that many people now a day’s want. In the house a family that consisted of a mother, father, brother Sammy, a pet cat, and the main character Pecola Breedlove. Pecola is a nine year old light skinned colored girl who was growing up in the well known Great Depression. She yearns for attention and unconditional love but what she receives is nothing like that. Her family lives in a run-down house with no food and they have hardly any heat in the winter. The father is a drunk and her mom is always yelling at the father. Pecola tries to escape the abusive home life by going to school. However, her school life is not much better than her home life because she is continually made fun of and is the main subject of jokes. All Pecola wants is attention and someone to play with since she has no friends. One night her father almost burns down the house while drinking and ends up in jail, after this incident Pecola comes to move into a boarding house with the MacTeen’s. They have two daughters named Clauda and Frieda who feel sorry for Pecola. Their parents are concerned about making ends meet and start renting out the two bedrooms upstairs for