Two part reading response "The Bluest Eye"

The Bluest Eye is a novel written by author Tomi Morrison.

The story of this novel takes place in Lorain, Ohio which talks about an American-African girl named Pecola.

Pecola is grown up during the years of Great Depression, in a community which associates beauty with whiteness, she is grown up in a family with low incomes and whose parents are constantly fighting, verbally and physically.


The title of this novel ‘The Bluest Eye’ refers to Pecola’s wishes for blue eyes. She feels that if she had blue eye she would be considered beautiful instead being called ugly and thinking she is ugly herself. She believes that if she had blue eyes her family life would be completely different and people would love her.


This novel treats social problems such as: racism, violence and bullying.


For my opinion beauty nowadays is important and is admired by everyone but in fact inner beauty is the one we should be focusing all of our lives because outer beauty fades as we age but our inner beauty never fades no matter how old we get.