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Summary: makes you think. . .
Review: If your looking for a book to just sit down and relax with, this is not for you. every aspect of this story really makesyou think. it also makes you very grateful for the way that your life is, that it could be worse, much worse. Poor, ugly Pecola. the only thing in the world she could ever wish for is blue eyes.... the bluest eyes, like superstar Shirley Temple. but then her dreams of a perfect movie star life are shattered when her dad rapes her. afterwords, she goes insane.... according to everyone but her that is. she can see her blue eyes, the bluest eyes ever, but for some reason no one else ever says anything about how beautiful she is. but then again, they're just jealous.
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Summary: Depressing
Review: This book is well written, in that it gives an uncompromising portrait of a sad life of poverty, racism, and rape. But that's all. There is no hope here. None. Not a scrap. We might as well all give up. What good can this book do for anyone?
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Summary: It invokes emotions
Review: The plight of a black young girl, pieced together by a few characters appeared to be the central plot in the book, but the whole story was so much more than just that. It was about the culture, the history, the prejudices in Africa. It gave an insight on how these had affected the characters¡¦ feelings, emotions and behaviour. The book was beautifully written but at the same time so intense that it invoked in me bitterness, sympathy and sadness.
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Summary: A Review of "The Bluest Eye"
Review: In The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison wanted to relate the devastating effect racism had on African-Americans. Had Pecola been raised in a stable household she could have been better equipped emotionally to deal with those forces that dictated the social ideal of beauty, but Pecola's sensitive nature stemmed from an abusive household; therefore, her need to search for support outside her home was crucial. The problem was that outside her home, the world was full of 'Maureen Peal's', the blond-haired, blue-eyed children of America who inherently possessed the idyllic beauty this country so cherished; hence, Pecola's wish to change the color of her eyes. But was not her family's instability due to the social inacceptance of their race? Had not their instable characteristics been inflicted on them by society only to become a vicious, unending cycle of abuse which they reluctantly passed on to the next generation? You be the judge. This is a great story. I strongly recommend reading it.
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Summary: Beautiful, but....
Review: Toni Morrison is a wonderfully gifted writer. Her use of language in The Bluest Eye is exquisite. Through the use of different points of view, she captures the different motivations of each character and offers us a platform from which to understand their actions. My question is this...if this book is about the perception of beauty, did Pecola have to be raped to convey the theme? I believe the story supported Ms. Morrison's point without the brutalization of the child.
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Summary: Outstanding Postmodern Revelation
Review: I picked up this book in an airport and, even though I reached my destination, I hard a hard time not returning to its pages. I don't think I can put into words the profound affect that this book had on me, but it opened my eyes to the cruelty of society, and how we all contribute to it, even though we think we are innocent bystanders- our bystanding is actually contributing to this cruelty. It reminded me that the gossip and bad-mouthing of people serves the purpose of making us feel better about ourselves and can hurt people to the point of madness. Through this realization, I hope to combat contributing to this in my own life. Of course, the book had many other themes as well, but this one really hit home for me.
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Summary: A shame is if you don't read this.
Review: I am a journalistic-writer. I do think part of it is owed to reading this book, and I say 'part' because when I started reading it, it was one of six novels by the same person, I was reading at the time. This happened within two months of late 1999. First I read Jazz and last was Beloved. I still remember, and very clearly, how the writer was deliberate on most descriptions, descriptions of people, their shapes, their colour, their hate and love etc... I FELT the writer's darring attitude. I saw how she preferred to be at her best honest about things and concepts which as humann beings in our cultures, sometimes we chose to look away from. Things that make us feel ashamed. Ashamed that others might see us seeing them. Ashamed that we are thinking about them. Invariably ashamed of who we are. I think this in the end makes us remain victims of whatever shames us in the first place and then victims of the shame that comes as a result. But the 'Bluest Eye' takes a step towards freeing one from that shame, as one is forced to experience and think and challenge the issues that makes one ashamed , not only as an individual but also within a culture. The book is incredibly short for the topics it covers so well. My most memorable of those descriptions of issues, issues that make some of us think the way we do, was the narrative on the history and the 'state of mind' of the 'doctor' that 'gave' the girl her bluest eyes. And the irony that surrounded it. Well I understood many things I read and also think that I failed to understand some. What I felt in the end was pain, frustration but instead of the helplessness described in the book I felt the opposite, I felt more free, realizing that most of the pain I was feeling in general I could make a choice not to experience, I could easily choose to feel good and beautiful, which I am, without blue eyes or a high education, and I could overlook the stereotypes and operate by my own rules. In early 2000 I left a better paying Job, monetarilly, and I started freelance-writing, which has paid me in ways that others cannot count (in money terms) or understand. But that too does not matter, because I know I am the one who deliberately makes and controls the judgments now. I feel free. Something I took as a lesson from the writer and her story.
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Summary: I liked this book
Review: Ok now... This is a good book, hard to understand (just like all of her other books), but it is good. Everyone I know usually loses track of this book because Toni Morrison jumps from one thing to another...
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Summary: Educational....
Review: Our book club picked The Bluest Eye to read because Oprah had said it was her favorite book club pick. I really did not enjoy reading this book but was forced to finish it because of my book club obligation. Although this book made me extremely uncomfortable, I am glad I read it. I have read a few of Oprah's picks and they always depress me but they are stories that I would not normally pick myself and they always show me a side of life that I have not experienced. It was very moving book and has left a deep impression in my mind. Our book club has come to the determination that that is Oprah's goal to open our minds and show us what is going on outside our protected lives.
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Summary: Moving, yet startling
Review: This is one of the most moving yet startling stories I have read in a while. Toni Morrison grabds you with the intent (I believe) of making your soul weep for little Pecola Breedlove. My heart sank as I neared the end of the book learning more of the Character's Cholly and Soaphead Church. I was greatly seized by Pecola's want for Blue Eyes! I loved Toni's prose, it moved me, I felt the pain, and I felt the anguish, but what I loved the most was the ending...(read the book and you';ll see it!"
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