The novel The Bluest Eye deals with the colour problem in America. Discuss.
the blacks are highly visible, they are paradoxically not easily seen, they are invisible. As the omniscient narrator says, “He does not see her, because for him there is nothing to see” (BE). This ‘Total absence of human recognition on his part she attributes to “distaste,” distaste for her for her blackness, for her ugliness (BE). This &state internalized by her takes the form of settled low self-esteem. Only anger can give her “a sense of being.” ‘-an awareness of worth,” but her anger lasts only a brief while.
Having been failed by most people around her including her own parents for her ugliness, Pecola is more convinced than ever before of her dire need for the miraculous gift of blue eyes, a gift she believes Soaphead Church can bestow. In an interview. Toni Morrison explained that she wanted someone to grant Pecola’s request or make her believe that her request for blue eyes had been granted. Hence