Beauty plays a highly influential role through Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye. Morrison's novel highlights the ideals of the south in the 1940's, displaying middle to upper-class ideals of beauty - which seem centered upon whiteness and proves to be harmful to young black girls living in this time. ... In The Bluest Eye, Morrison refers to these traits of nature as "funk". ...
In the Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison uses abuse and hardship to show the tragic consequences that come from racism. ... Toni Morrison describes the conditions under which African-Americans in general and Pecola in particular are forced to live. ... Toni Morrison shows us what racism produces in the Bluest Eye. ...
The Song of Solomon is a novel written by Toni Morrison (Chloe Anthony Wofford) in 1977. It evolved from the grief she had over the death of her father. Ms. Morrison grew up in a time where there was noticeable hostility and racism towards black people. She learned early on that to be able to surviv...
Song of Solomon is considered to be Toni Morrison's masterpiece and won her a Nobel Prize in literature. In this novel, Morrison is able to weave together magic and folklore while still portraying the black community's real struggle and most importantly never leaving touch with her protagonists epic quest, all these coming together to create a truly incredible read. ...
