The bluest eye

Author: Tony Morrison.

Date of publication: 1970

Place: Lorain, Ohio.

Narration: by Claudia McTeer. Omniscient narrative

Overall tone: tragic.

Plot: The narration is divided into parts having “SEASON’S NAME” as heading. And the plot is constructed accordingly. It depicts Pecola as main character. She is black Negro. From childhood onwards she what she lakes are love and affection from any of human being. She starts believing that her UGLYNESS is the root of all the problems she have to face. And she starts craving for “BLUEST EYE” that is symbol of beauty.

Her own father raped her twice. And by the second time, she got pregnant. She was being carried away to McTeer family. Claudia McTeer and her elder sister take care of Pecola but the child was not saved. And at the end she goes mad. Claudia only narrates the story of Pecola.

Characters:

Pecola Breedlove

Cholly Breedlove

Pauline "Polly" Breedlove

Sam Breedlove

Soaphead Church

Theme: Love and life, Racism, Beauty v/s ugliness,

Major conflict: Sexual molestation of Pecola.

Rising action: Claudia is also negro but the family where she is braught up was having different kind of environment. So we can see the difference in Pecola and Claudia. She takes care of pecola and then we start hoping that pecola would be saved.

Falling acion : When pecola goes mad.