We finally finished The Bluest Eye this week in English. The journey was full of obstacles and difficulties; however, everyone made it through and I think that we all learned a great deal from the book. Toni Morrison touched on many major themes and issues that are still prevalent today. One major one is racism and beauty standards. They both go hand in hand together against Pecola, ultimately ruining her life and destroying her innocence. The effect of this is seen as the last few pages of the book, leaving the reader with a sense of wrong doing and sympathy, even though Morrison thinks that "many readers remain touched but not moved" (Morrison). The overall goal of Morrison was to reach out to members of society and show them how bad these problems are in the world today. She wants to convince us to act and stop the madness illustrated by the book. For example, Pecola is portrayed as talking to herself in the last chapter of the book. She has to tell her self that she is beautiful, and that she has blue eye like no one else in the world. "I'd hate to think there was anybody around with bluer eyes than yours. I'm sure there isn't" (Morrison). However, because of the trauma in her life, Pecola can't even find acceptance within herself, let alone others, as it is shown by her own self-doubt. This doubt is created by others imposing their ideals onto her and others in society. They force people to be a certain way, otherwise they are left out and excluded from life. This story that Morrison gives to the readers help show the ugliness of the world, and how the world forced its own ugliness onto others.
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