The Bluest Eye

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The Bluest Eye (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)

The Novel

The Bluest Eye opens and closes with Claudia MacTeer’s reflection on the meaning and significance of a little girl’s suffering and her community’s responsibility and obligation to her. Using marigold seeds as a metaphor for the affection that might have allowed her abused friend Pecola Breedlove to thrive, Claudia realizes that the failure of her seeds to sprout demonstrates that the soil of her community “is bad for certain kinds of flowers. Certain seeds it will not nurture, certain fruit it will not bear.” While Claudia MacTeer withstands that...

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• The Bluest Eye (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)

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• Toni Morrison (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
• Toni Morrison (Long Fiction)
• Toni Morrison (Dictionary of World Biography)
• Toni Morrison (Identities and Issues)

See Also:

• - For teachers, the The Bluest Eye Lesson Plan.
• - The Bluest Eye summary and study guide in the eNotes.