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Pecola's Tragedy is the Ultimate Consequence of Racism
Blekinge Institute of Technology, School of Technoculture, Humanities and Planning.
2006 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

Wherever we go in the world, we encounter racism- something that oppresses people in our daily lives in workplaces, stores, schools, hospitals, housing and other places. This serious issue provokes many musicians, writers and artists to show the social and personal effects of racism they experience. In the United States, many black women writers dealt with this issue, having seen it as essential to write about its violence and injustice. Toni Morrison is one of the most respected authors in America who is black and female. She writes with all her senses to portray those who suffer from racism. The Bluest Eye is Morrison's first novel; it raises issues that are specific and very essential to Black women. This novel is narrated by Claudia who is nine years old. She is black, sensitive and frustrated about the injustice that she has seen in her childhood. She narrates the events that happen to her friend Peco la Breedlove. She is the opposite of Pecola; she learns from her mother how to be strong to face any oppression in this world. The Bluest Eye is about the Breedlove family, which consists of the father Cholly, the mother Pauline, the son Sammy and the daughter Pecola. The whole family suffers from ugliness that they cannot escape from. 

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2006. , p. 30
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Racism, Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye, American Literature
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URN: urn:nbn:se:bth-24080OAI: oai:DiVA.org:bth-24080DiVA, id: diva2:1718808
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