Resumo de The Bluest Eyes.

THE BLUEST EYES: THEMESOne of the most well known African ?American novelists, ToniMorrison, has alwaysaddressed black Americans and their problems in almost allher novels. In The Bluest Eyes? she dealswith the life of a poor black girl and her tragic search for blue eyes.Written in 1970, at a time when the world was facing one ofits horrifying times because of racism, the novel questions and explores to findan answer to this veryinhuman practice. Toni Morrison gets across a very powerfulidea that s found inevery society today,although the novel was written in the era of the 40?s and mostof the incidents thatoccur mirror that time period, the main idea transcends to thisday and age . With a persuasiveargument in mind and an innocent bleak to appeal to the reader?s pathos, Morrison craftily writes a story. The Bluest EYES is a story of racism and discrimination. Thestory is set in Ohio.Morrison wrote hernovels on a number of themes, but the theme of the place is important t because it was one of the major stations of UndergroundRailroad. Most of her novels have themes that are inter- connected andinter dependent.The story being that of the desires an dreams?that of richand beauty which is fair skin and blue eyes contrasted by the dreamer who is a girl?poor young and black. Pecola, the protagonist, lived in a society thatdeprived her of her childhood even before she was out of it, and which gave her noopportunities in life or any chance to grow because she lived in an essentially racists society.The triple indemnitywhich is Race, Gender Class is the most important theme thatruns through the length of the entire novel. Beauty or rather the lack of it, isanother theme which is highlightedin the novel. Pecola?s rejection and subsequent isolation atthe hands of her own motherand her family, isone of the key point in the novel. It clearly reflects the shortcomings of an Americansociety that existed in the 40?s.Besides these important issues which Morrison has used asher theme in the novel,she has also raised the issues of child abuse, incest and commercialsex. The fact that a child is insecure in the confines of her own home and the plightof the commercialsex workers who become a support to Pecola, are brought out in the open.The themes are symbolized by the seasons to signify thechaos and climate oflife. Toni Morrisonhas very aptly used the calm and disturbance of the seasonsto highlight the calmand disturbance of life.

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