The writings of the black authors reveal their pains as a black. The 1993 Nobel Literature Laureate, Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. She writes for black women to reveal the pains of Afro-American woman as a black and female. Her works challenge the stereotypes present in writings by and about black women. She projects racism and gender discrimination in her novels. Feminism in Toni Morrison’s novels is grounded upon “the structure of a Culture…which defines women, as worthless and invisible victims” (Feminist Literary Studies: An Introduction: 3). She focuses the situations of women in patriarchal society. She is influenced by the Feminist Movements of the west consciously or unconsciously.
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It also discovered the relationship between Blacks in the Afro-American communities. The novel examines the effects of beauty standards of the dominant culture through self-image of the African female adolescent. It presents the tragic story of a young, black girl Pecola. She longs for the bluest eyes which is the symbol of white beauty. She believes that she can be beautiful by having them and the world will treat her differently. She becomes a victim of the standards of beauty. She does not have her own self-esteem. She has no one to show her compassion. She is tormented by candy store owner, Pauline Breedlove and her classmates. She once questioned Frieda, “…how do you get somebody to love you?” (The Bluest Eye 23) reveals her longing for love. As she is weak, she could not show her anger against those who torment her. She …show more content…
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The male characters in the novel too hate being black. They believe that they are ugly. They often escape from reality and their duties. Cholly Breedlove escapes from reality by taking alcohol. He is often found beating his wife, Pauline. He burnt down his house and made his family homeless in a state of drinking alcohol. He raped his own daughter, Pecola and made her pregnant. His son Sammy Breedlove either runs away from home or fights with others.
Soaphead Church is a misanthrope. He is a child molester. He seduces little girls as an attempt to get over his wife’s desertion. He misleads Pecola. He makes her to believe that she will get blue eyes. The male characters in the novel oppress their own women to forget their past painful experience. The cruelty towards the submissive women is a result of their inability to take revenge against the system. The beauty standards of the dominant culture created by men and the stereo type role thrust upon women in the novel clearly state the female oppression in the
It also discovered the relationship between Blacks in the Afro-American communities. The novel examines the effects of beauty standards of the dominant culture through self-image of the African female adolescent. It presents the tragic story of a young, black girl Pecola. She longs for the bluest eyes which is the symbol of white beauty. She believes that she can be beautiful by having them and the world will treat her differently. She becomes a victim of the standards of beauty. She does not have her own self-esteem. She has no one to show her compassion. She is tormented by candy store owner, Pauline Breedlove and her classmates. She once questioned Frieda, “…how do you get somebody to love you?” (The Bluest Eye 23) reveals her longing for love. As she is weak, she could not show her anger against those who torment her. She …show more content…
(The Bluest Eye 99).
The male characters in the novel too hate being black. They believe that they are ugly. They often escape from reality and their duties. Cholly Breedlove escapes from reality by taking alcohol. He is often found beating his wife, Pauline. He burnt down his house and made his family homeless in a state of drinking alcohol. He raped his own daughter, Pecola and made her pregnant. His son Sammy Breedlove either runs away from home or fights with others.
Soaphead Church is a misanthrope. He is a child molester. He seduces little girls as an attempt to get over his wife’s desertion. He misleads Pecola. He makes her to believe that she will get blue eyes. The male characters in the novel oppress their own women to forget their past painful experience. The cruelty towards the submissive women is a result of their inability to take revenge against the system. The beauty standards of the dominant culture created by men and the stereo type role thrust upon women in the novel clearly state the female oppression in the