There is a pretty house, mother, father, dick, jane, a cat, a dog. Elevenyearold pecola breedlove, an africanamerican girl in an america whose love for blonde, blueeyed children can devastate all others, prays for her eyes to turn blue, so that she will be beautiful, people will notice her, and her world will be different. Library guide for the morrison novel, the bluest eye. She becomes the focus of the mingled love and hatred engendered by her familys frailty and the worlds cruelty. The bluest eye opens with two short untitled and unnumbered sections. Among her works are her debut novel, the bluest eye, song of solomon, and beloved.
The first section is a version of the classic dick and jane stories found in grade school reading primers. For assistance in newark, please call the dana reference desk at 9733535901. Tempering disinterested violence through the narrative. An exploration of toni morrisons writings une library services. Like easybib, bibme uses oclcs worldcat to fuel its book citations. Examples of mla in text citations authorpage format adapted from the purdue owl. Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. The bluest eye was my effort to say something about that. Cite your book in modern language association 8th edition format for free. Find articles the bluest eye by toni morrison research. The bluest eye 2007 vintage books, random house new york. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of. Citation machine helps students and professionals properly credit the information that they use.
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The bluest eye, published in 1970, is the first novel written by author toni morrison. Every night pecola, unlovely and unloved, prays for blue eyes like those of her white schoolfellows. In the article racism and appearance in the bluest eye. We cite according to the 8th edition of mla, 6th edition of apa, and 16th edition of chicago 8th edition turabian. This bibliography was generated on cite this for me on monday, march 30, 2015. Romancing slavery, a chapter from morrisons 2017 book the origin of others.
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