Bluest Eye

A few decades ago, racial discrimination has been a great concern for m whatever, as it existed in any aspects of the society. What we jockey of discrimination is that a certain race, color, or ethnicity views themselves superior to some others, and the ones who practically get discriminated often are the blacks, because of their history of slavery and abuse from the s with come forth delay-clads (Kuenz). This is the some common form of discrimination at that clipping. What some wouldnt know is that discrimination is not limited to one race discriminating another.The other form of discrimination is racial self-loathing, or hating ones aver race because he views it to be inferior, ugly, poor, and the like. In Toni Morrisons The Bluest Eye, racial self-loathing in the black community is open(a) and attacked through the maturation of Pecola Breedloves flake. This development was clearly shown through her confides and aspirations of becoming white of achieving the bluest ey e, in order to commit attention and live a joyous life. The idea of racial self-loathing was exposed and attacked when eventually her desires and aspirations were destroyed, driving her to insanity.Pecola Breedlove is a picture of a dreamer who seeks a better life at the start of the novel. All throughout the story, it was shown that she desires a few things, hoping that it could change her and her surroundings. One of these desires is to learn how she would be able to introduce people love her. Being born black, and experiencing a short confront with the MacTeers who are whites, she was able to understand how different she was. Her stay in the white household was very important because she was able to develop hatred for her race.She cute attention, just like the attention being given to the white kids in the household. Pecola views that it was the overall features that would attract the attention of other people. She hated the color of her peel off and her eyes. She thought t hat if her skin was white and her eyes were blue, more(prenominal) people would be able to notice her and love her (Wills). It was narrated in the story that It had occurred to Pecola some time ago that if her eyes, those eyes that held the pictures, and knew the sightsif those eyes of hers were different, that is to say, beautiful, she herself would be different (Morrison).At this point of the story, we now see the intensity of her desire to shed her physical features as a black girl. We may judge that her desires were only skin deep, and that it was only her adolescent jealousy speaking. But still, she would grow up with this mentality, and one proof of this was her mother. It shtup be seen that this racial self-loathing can transcend age, and it doesnt get any simpler, in fact, it gets worse. Pecolas mother also hated her color and features, and the substantiating effect of this is her fights and arguments with her husband.It was the fights between her parents that insinuated Pecolas desire to disappear. She often witnesses her mother and make makeing up each other. She feels that it was again caused by their color, intensifying her desire to be different. She taught that if she was white or at least she has the bluest eyes, her parents would be happy and love each other. Her brother wouldnt run a air, and everything would turn out well. Somehow, she uses her racial self loathing as a means to an end. She thinks that the chore is rooted on color, and it would be resolved by color. aspect closely at Pecolas understanding of her situation, we may say that she uses her desire for the bluest eyes as an escape. She wanted a new, different life, one rooted on love, care, and attention. She sees no difference between her and the white children except well, theyre white. It was pointed out by Claudia when she said Nobody nonrecreational us any attention, so we paid very good attention to ourselves (Morrison). If that is so, then the only thing that she wa nted to change was her appearance, and she thinks that this would be the solution to all of her problems.At the end of the story, Pecola was driven into ferocity because her desires were never fulfilled. Instead, the entire world seemed to turn against her. She was sexually violated by her father two times. Her mother didnt believe her, and even beat her up. She bore the fruit of the abuse, but it was lost in a miscarriage. Looking at the start of the story, we see a big change in Pecola. The hopeful child from the start was almost destroyed by violence in the end. This development in her character was the authors pay back on the existing idea of racial self loathing at that time.For Toni Morrison, Pecola embodied every black person who hated their color. Toni Morrisons bestow on racial self loathing is evident in the character of Pecola. Desiring for a better life by hating yourself would bring you more damage than good. Well, in the case of Pecola, it seemed that it was broug ht upon her by her society. In her eyes, she sees people ignoring her, making diversion of her, and even hating her because of her color. But then again, Pecolas eyesight is clouded by her desire to be different, to be white, and to have the bluest eyes.Instead of being true to herself, she wanted to change everything. For her, it was a means to an end, the only way for her to accept by the people around her. For the author Toni Morrison, it was not. Hating ones race and color wouldnt change anything, instead, it would just attract more hatred, more cruelty, and more violence. Pecola shouldnt have lost sight of the people around her. not everyone overlooked and hated her. The MacTeer household, especially the children, loved her despite her color.This is one way for the author to say that color is not everything, and it shouldnt be the flat coat for people like Pecola to hate. Works Cited Kuenz, Jane. The Bluest Eye Notes on History, Community, and Black egg-producing(prenominal) Subjectivity African American Review Vol. 27. No. 3 (1993). Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye. advanced York Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. , 1993. Wills, Joy. Genealogy of Rejection in Morrisons the Bluest Eye. 1999. March 23 2009. <http//www. luminarium. org/contemporary/tonimorrison/wills. htm>.