The Bluest Eye - Do Blondes Really Have More Fun? :: Bluest Eye Essays

The Bluest Eye - Do Blondes genuinely Have More Fun?   America, the land of the free and the brave, a terra firma where if you work hard enough you can have whatever you wishing All Pecola Breedlove wanted was to have blue eyes. Today, that dream would be well fulfilled, but in 1941, it was unattainable. She bought into the belief that to have blond hair and blue eyes was the only way to obtain beauty. It is a belief that has dominate American culture since the nineteenth century. We must look a current way, have a specific occupation, or live in a particular neighborhood if we are to shot into society. In The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison has captured these and other stigmas we transport on ourselves.   We as a society like to believe that everyone is equal, that no matter what you look like you are important to the society. Unfortunately, this is not an spotless belief. We only have to turn on the television or devote a magazine to see who are the adore d people in our country. However, it is not fair to say that all people buy into these ideals. In The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison captures both sides of society. Pecola and her family represent the part of American society that strives to belong and fit into the stereotypical world. Pecola believes that if she could have blue eyes then she would be accepted. If she looked different, beautiful, perhaps theyd say, Why, look at beautiful-eyed Pecola. We mustnt do bad things in front of those pretty eyes (46). She saw the blue eyes as an answer to everything that was wrong in her life.   Pauline found her white identity through the Fisher family. It was through them that she found value and importance. The creditors and service people who humiliated her when she went to them on her hold behalf respected her, were even intimidated by her, when she spoke for the Fishers. . . Power, praise and sumptuousness were hers in this household (128). Claudia was the antithesis to Pecola and her mother. She was proud of who she was. She embraced her heritage and refused the stereotypes thrust at her.