Topic > The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison - 1866
“The novel addresses the psychological and political implications of black commitment to a standard of beauty (the ideal of blonde hair and blue eyes)…” (Smith 364) . Her desire to have blue eyes was so strong that once she was told her prayers had been answered, she never looked the same again. From then on Pecola Breedlove believed her eyes were blue. The last chapter of The Bluest Eye shows the dialogue between Pecola and an imaginary figure created by Pecola, who discuss the blueness of her face
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