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Like a seed planted in bad soil and in a hostile condition, pecola, a very young and innocent african american girl, does not have a chance to grow up normally like her peers. Set in morrisons hometown of lorain, ohio, in 194041, the novel tells the tragic story of pecola. Pdf the bluest eye book by toni morrison free download. The bluest eye is the story of elevenyearold pecola breedlove. Confronting turmoil at home, she prays for shirley temples blue eyes, believing their beauty is. The character of samuel breedlove in the bluest eye from. Pecola, as claudia describes, looks like a winged but grounded bird, intent on the blue void it could not reach morrison 162. It is the story of elevenyearold pecola breedlovea black girl in an america whose love for its blond, blueeyed children can devastate all otherswho prays for her eyes to turn blue. She is abused by almost everyone in the novel and eventually suffers two traumatic rapes. Mocked by other children for the dark skin, curly hair, and brown eyes that set her apart, she yearns for normalcy, for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to finally fit in. This constant criticism, the relentless bullying she gets at school, and her rough family life her parents are always fighting, both verbally and physically lead pecola to seek escape from her misery by fantasizing. The bluest eye vintage international paperback may 8, 2007.
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