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Toni Morrison 's The Bluest Eye

Beauty is one of the most important social constructs , due to the fact that this physical characteristic of a person is subconsciously associated with good health and temper . However , nowadays , beauty is viewed as the value in itself so that annual beauty competitions among women are arranged and the entire fashion industry is positioned as serving the attractiveness of men and women . Toni Morrison 's The Bluest Eye ' is dedicated to exploring the social construction of beauty in African American population . The present argues that the

novel shows the people , discriminated by their skin color , feel inferior in terms of their appearance and create a positive self-image only by humiliating others , and this pattern might have persisted until the present day , as the modern ideal of beauty is close-knit with whiteness

The first character to consider in the analysis of Toni Morrison 's depiction of beauty is Pecola Breedlove . She is an African American girl in her formative years and her cherished dream is having the bluest eyes . She admires She is greatly affected by the media and public opinion , so she admires Shirley Temple and other popular white actresses . When she visits a store , she believes the store owner should be disgusted with her blackness and thus hesitates to touch him with her hand and give him money (Morrison , 1970 ,

.27 . This means , she believes her appearance is not acceptable or tolerable , she is too ugly to be touched . Pecola also...

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