In the Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison uses abuse and hardship to show the tragic consequences that come from racism. ... The Bluest Eye shows ways in which white beauty standards hurt the lives of black girls and women. ... The characters in the Bluest Eye are faced both directly and indirectly by racism. ... Pauline is full of self hatred and takes all her anger out on her family instead of loving them. Toni Morrison shows us what racism produces in the Bluest Eye. ...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

All three of Francis" children were raised in a home full of faith and love. ... She desired to be in a cloistered order, but once when she visited the Pope to request missionaries, he suggested that she, herself become a missionary, and encouraged that she start an institution to further her mission. She consulted with now Bishop O"Conner, who supported the idea, and on November 7, 1889, she received a habit and took the name Sister Mary Katharine. ... She moved her order to St. ... Everyone is equal under God's eye, and as she wrote once to the Sisters, you should "get up after recei...

• Word Count: 734
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

It is very eye opening to read of Brown's harsh condemnation of the religious basis and justification of slavery in the south when he (on more than one occasion) highlights the irony of the mistreatment of blacks by their white masters. ... This really brings to light the fact that individuals can corrupt institutions that should be full of freedom, equality and goodwill in order to interpret these institutions in ways that advance their greedy and hateful desires. ... You can feel his agony as he runs to his window in the middle of the night, to hearing the cries of his mother as she...

• Word Count: 541
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate