Banned Book of the Day: The Bluest Eye
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I read The Bluest Eye in one of my college English classes. In the end it confirmed what I thought after reading other works by Toni Morrison; I will never fully understand her novels because so much is left to interpretation. This, her first novel, is a dark depiction of life for a black family in the Depression-era South. There is racism (more inherent in the culture than anything), incest, and extremely violent acts are depicted in the novel.
The title comes from a little girl’s ultimate desire for blue eyes over her brown ones. She thinks that she can’t be beautiful because of her race. The story is pretty break-your-heart depressing when it comes down to it. It was a tough read for me emotionally; I haven’t been able to pick the novel up again since.
