Toni Morrison's novel The Bluest Eye provides insight into the injustices of racism and poverty in America in the mid-1900s through the perspective of nine-year-old Claudia and ten-year-old Frieda MacTeer. ... Morrison describes how African-American girls during this time period were encouraged to aspire to be white. ... The literary lenses I will use to demonstrate Morrison's intent will be based on Canadian literary critic Northrop Frye's various literary theories. ... Applying Frye's Fictive Modes to Morrison's young African-American heroine Pecola gives insight on ...

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