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Summary: society
Review: The things that disturb us the most are those that we, as human beings, can relate to on a personal level: the memories of childhood -- bullies; sports; friends, and groups of them; adults' attitudes toward us. Toni Morrison uses some of these to wrench out of us feelings from our past. We may not be a Pecola Breedlove, but maybe we were a schoolmate, or someone who teased her. We did not think then how powerful our words were. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will kill us. This is an emotionally tough book, and if Toni Morrison wrote it specifically to get a reaction out of the reader, so be it. If you're depressed about the idea of a Pecola Breedlove, don't shoot the messenger. Reexamine what kind of a world we lived, and live in.
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Summary: The only thing I can say is "you go girl", great read
Review: Toni Morrison has done it again. She has reached into the veryheart and soul of the black female experience and brought out deeplymoving tale of life in poverty-stricken,Black America. This tale makes you shiver with its images of racism and intra-racism. I was left speechless after reading this novel. I was unable to finish it all at once because it brought tears to my eyes and I had to remove myself from it. Like many books written by Black female writers it brought back images from my own youth experience and not that all the images are bad, but the book shed light on the hardship of growing up poor, black, and female in America. It is not always a pretty picture and Toni Morrison, like Alice Walker and Gloria Naylor does a good job of depicting this experience with brilliant and believable writing. This definitely gets two snaps up, in a circle!!!!!!
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Summary: the best book
Review: of all of morrison's books, i like this one the best (though it seems to be her least read one). anyway, the tragedies that pecola breedlove suffers opens the readers eyes to the true darkness of hopelessness. this is one of the saddest books i've ever read, but it is one that everyone should read.
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Summary: Down and out
Review: ...Frankly, it would be hard to find a more hopeless, depressing, dark novel. There is no redemption here for any of these afflicted characters. There is only sorrow, nihilism, and desperation. As a portrait of such it is well written, but yikes. I don't mind a book being depressing, but I like to find some shred of hope for change or life affirmation even among the suffering, and I do not find it here.
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Summary: nice read even for guys named Rick
Review: the book is a joy to read. it is refeshing and inspirational at many levels. however there is a weird differentiation between 'out' and 'outdoors' that this reader doesn't agree with. To me it is more hurtful to drive someone 'out' and to be outdoors could be bearable. just a thought sus.
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Summary: God bless Toni Morrison and authors like her
Review: If you don't want to look in the mirror and REALLY see yourself (black, white or other), don't read this book. If you would prefer to live in a comfortable cocoon of ignorance about other people's lives, don't read this book. If you like using words like "literature" and "art" so long as they refer to things written so long past that you don't have to deal with any of their painful significance right now, don't read this book. BUT, if you want to understand your whole self, especially relative to other people unlike yourself; if you want to learn, and you understand that there is no learning without pain; if you're not afraid, then read... this... book.
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Summary: Very Good.
Review: I had heard so much about Toni Morrison and decided to read The Bluest Eye. She did a wonderful job on revealing the double marginalization of Black women. And how they in their pain and despair cannot help but inflict pain upon their daughters. The Bluest Eye displays the impact of slavery on the Black individual. Absolutely Wonderful.
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Summary: did not understand
Review: i thought that this book was pretty much ok, i liked her use of words, but i didn't like her style. Overall i was very confused as to what the plot was
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Summary: An exhilirating depiction of one girls quest for acceptance.
Review: This novel is an indepth summary of three girls' struggle to fit in and feel normal.The characters were impoverished and underprivileged, causing them to seek perfection and the attention they were deprived of.I give it five stars for the vivid portrayal of the adolescent trials of three young women.I recommend it to anyone in search of a compelling and emotional tale.
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Summary: It was an emotion filled book.
Review: I found this book much easier to read than "Beloved". It was hard to get into the story and to fully understand who the narrator was talking about at first. Once I got past that, I easily finished the book. I found the scene where Mrs. Breedlove, Pecola, Fredia, Claudia and the little white girl were in the kitchen to be the most striking part of the book. When Pecola knocked the pie on the floor, Mrs. Breedlove hit her and heartlessly yelled at her. She then ran to console the little white girl. Mrs. Breedlove showed no love for her own daughter. She reinforced society's opinion of black people by showing more concern for a white child than her own black daughter. At the point I fully realized how sad of a character Pecola was.
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