The Bluest Eye By: Toni Morrison Toni Morrison’s premier novel, The Bluest Eye, is a tale of one girl’s battle against herself and the society surrounding her. The author tells the story of young Pecola Breedlove growing up with a vast amount of hatred around her in order to display the impact society has on people. Society pressures the ugly to be beautiful, and a little black girl to pray nightly for two …showed first 75 words of 963 total…

…showed last 75 words of 963 total…Pecola’s tale is a story that can relate to anyone who is burdened by other people’s perception of attractiveness. Nobody is one hundred percent pleased with how they look. Consequently, The Bluest Eye, is a story for anyone, black or white, to read and relate themselves to the unloved and forlorn Pecola Breedlove. Morrison, Toni. Published by Plume (a division of Penguin Books), New York, NY. Copyright 1970. Edition updated with new afterward in 1994.