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A 5 page paper which examines the social reality of abuse, as seen in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. The paper examines why such issues still exist today despite the society having made many other strides. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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a young girl who retreats into a world wherein she envisions that if she only had blue eyes, like a white person, and perhaps blond hair, her life would be
perfect. She is driven into this world through abuse. The following paper examines the abuse in Morrisons novel and then discusses why things have not really changed for children in
society, although society has, supposedly, made many strides in advancing the righteous quality of humanity. Abuse in The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Like all of Morrisons novels
there is something incredibly real, painful, and beautiful about the novel and the people within the novel. As one author notes, "She describes terrible, vicious actions and cruel people with
a full knowledge of the horror, and at the same time she presents these actions and people with compassion, without condemning and without condoning" (Toni Morrisons The Bluest Eye: Pages
132-163). In this story the average American reader will be disgusted and horrified at the sexual abuse Pecolas father puts upon her, impregnating her. But, at the same time it
is described in a way that seems to simply offer the actions and thoughts of a man without presenting him as utterly evil, which truly puts a human face on
the abuse of a child, however the reader may not like that. This same critic indicates how it was "Her scratching the back of her leg with her foot"
which reminded "him of Pauline when they first met. His confusing memories of Pauline and the doing of a wild and forbidden thing lead to the rape (Toni Morrisons The
Bluest Eye: Pages 132-163). But, in Morrisons novel one sees a bit more than this as he was torn as it was "not the usual lust" but rather a feeling
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