Self Hatred In The Bluest Eyes By Toni Morrison

Some school boys attack Pecola by shouting derogatory words to her. They tease her because her father sleeps naked and because of discrimination her black skin . Frieda comes to the rescue Pecola by hitting one boy and loudly threatening other boys. Then, Claudia joins the conflict. After that, Maureen appears. The boys leave because they don’t want to fight in front of Maureen. Claudia helps to pick Pecola's notebook and Frieda's coat. Frieda and Claudia are very brave because of rescuing Pecola even though the boys may beat them up. Claudia and Frieda treat Pecola very well. Instead of neglect or avoid the conflict, they chose to rescue Pecola as well as express their love, affection between black

When Pecola drops Mrs. Breedlove her mothers deep dish berry cobbler on the floor the reader gets to see what is more important in peoples lives. After Mrs. Breedlove smacks her own daughter for dropping the pie she says, “Crazy fool….my floor, mess get out now.” (109) and then a few sentences later she picks up the homeowner’s white daughter and says “Hush, baby, hush. Come here.” (109). Instead of comforting her own child for dropping the pie she smacks her and tell her to leave. While one the other hand she is holding the white homeowners baby to make her stop crying. Mrs. Breedlove cares more about her job then her own child.

Claudia's fantasies of her mother metaphorically symbolize the situation in town after the public becomes aware of Pecola's pregnancy. The tornado symbolizes Pecola's pregnancy, which threatens to reveal the self-hatred and ugliness of the community, Claudia's vision of her mother shows how individuals ignore reality. The removal of Pecola from school because her pregnancy is the outcome of racial-self-hatred, self-perceived ugliness, sexual violence, and oppression, which exposes these underlying facts of their lives. The baby's death would provide the ultimate solution to this problem, removing the symbol of their hidden reality so everyone can comfortably ignore it. Claudia and Frieda have been blinded by racism and violence, perhaps because

have white beauty is so strong that she eats Mary Jane candies, fantasizing that the candies will

Towards the first third of the novel, Pecola goes to buy penny candy from Yacobowski’s Fresh Veg. Meat and Sundries Store. As she is walking to the store she notices the dandelions on the path and

In an occasion at school where Pecola and Maureen meet and discuss motion pictures amid their exercise center class. Maureen is decent to the girls and offers them dessert. Be that as it may, Claudia abandons frozen yogurt since she dosage not figure Maureen would treat them pleasant or really treat them to some dessert. As Maureen converses with the girls words were traded amongst Claudia and Maureen. Claudia denounces Maureen or being kid insane and Maureen reacts to the girls by saying that they are black and monstrous.

In doing so, she rejected the needs of her family entirely, not even her own daughter could call her “mother” instead she was forced to call her “Mrs. Breedlove”, a symbol of the unfamiliarity of the connection that should be filled with love, but was only filled with hatred and rejection. This increased when Pecola was raped by her father, followed by her mother beating her until the baby died. This final blow, the hopelessness of rejection caused by both the internal and external racism, was what drove Pecola insane, and would drive any person to madness, because the pain that this racism caused is the pain of being alone, a pain which no human can bear. The abuse from racism is never forgotten, it leaves a scar; the pain may recede after time, but the scar remains.

father 's burning the front part of their house. The sisters cannot help but to acknowledge Pecola 's

Pecola’s admiration toward the Shirley Temple cup and Claudia’s resentment of the ionic figure represents the battle between the different opinions of society toward the issue of racism. Claudia, as a young character at nine years old, can clearly see the problem of popular media having an overwhelming presence that no one person can escape from on daily basis. Claudia appears to be the only one to be aware of the real problem happening in society and she tries to deconstruct the established ideology unlike the rest of the people who surrender unconsciously to this unseen force. The destruction of the baby doll by Claudia is evidence of how much she understands the socially fabricated value on whiteness is placed in the community. The baby doll is the recipient of Claudia’s

crazy . . . my floor, my floor . . . my floor” (Morrison 109). But as Pecola is leaving she hears Mrs. Breedlove tell the little girl in the pink dress “Hush, baby, hush. Come here.

As the novels progress, both protagonists face life changing decisions, based on their past experiences they had with the choices their own mothers had to make, they now must choose between sacrificing the ones they love, or the life which they have always dreamed. To begin, in The Bluest Eyes, Pauline’s daughter Pecola is reaching for the blackberry pie juice that is piping hot. Pecola wants to help her mother by moving the boiling juice to an area that will let it cool faster. She hopes that by doing this task, she will gain her mother’s acceptance.While doing this, the bowl slips out of Pecola’s hands and juice is spilled everywhere on the floor, including on her legs. When this happens Pauline shockingly says: “crazy fool...my floor, mess… look what you ..look what you… work...get on out...now what ...crazy...my floor, my floor... my floor” (Morrison, The Bluest Eyes, 109).

Besides the inherent self-confident issue, the outside voice from community is also affecting Pecola’s view. For example, in the “accident” when Pecola went into Junior’s house, Junior killed the cat and impute to Pecola. His mother, Geraldine, saw Pecola was holding the dead cat. Without any thought and didn’t even ask for the truth, Geraldine simply called Pecola a “nastylittle black bitch.” This event, again, reinforces Pecola’s view of what beauty means.

Pauline eventually meets Cholly, who is Pecola’s biological father, and they fall in love. "He seemed to relish her company and even to enjoy her country ways and lack of knowledge about city things. He talked with her about her foot and asked, when they walked through the town or in the fields, if she were tired. Instead of ignoring her infirmity, pretending it was not there, he made it seem like something special and endearing. For the first time Pauline felt that her bad foot was an asset. And he did touch her, firmly but gently, just as she had dreamed. But minus the gloom of setting suns and lonely river banks. She was secure and grateful; he was kind and lively. She had not known there was so much laughter in the world." (Morrison, p. 115)

By contrasting the homes of Claudia and Pecola throughout the entire novel, Morrison stresses the importance of home in defending against a predatory, racist society. In Claudia’s home, her parents truly care for her and her sister. In one instance, her father took out a gun to fend off a tenant that touched Freida’s breast. This completely contrasts with Pecola’s home, where her parents are both hateful and self-hating, and her father actually raped her. Even though both households are

The terror of the beginning of her first menstruation is symptomatic of the traumatic experience she has in life. When Pecola has her first periods she is alarmed and screams. Suddenly Pecola bolted straight up, her eyes wide with terror. A whinnying sound came from her mouth. "What's the matter with you?" Frieda stood up too. Then we both looked where Pecola was staring. Blood was running down her legs. Soon drops were on the steps. I leaped up. "Hey, you cut yourself? Look. It's all over your dress". A brownish red stain discolored the back of her dress. She kept whinnying standing with her legs far apart. Frieda said, "Oh Lordy! I know. What that is!".