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One of my favorite scenes in literature- toni morrison
I find myself thinking oftenly about this one part of “the bluest eye”, which i found to be more powerful than all the other seemingly disturbing passages in the book.
It wasn’t the rape, nor Pecola going crazy, but the part where she succumbed to shame at the judgemental look the store clerk gave her when she went to buy candy.
The way she was able subconsciously to sense prejudice, lack of empathy(specifically towards herself), racism through her childish lens and absorb it all to just react by overflowing with shame, really moved me. Also as any other child or adult even, she failed to recognize how ugly that look was, how ugly his actions were and just ended up reinforcing her sense of being ugly herself.
It made me see racism through another point of view i had never even considered before. I felt so sorry for that little girl, how she was forced to endure this humiliating ritual from a grown man, each time she finally got some change and went happily to just get candy as any other child. It stayed with me how ugly that scene was and it has become one of my favorite scenes in the whole literature( or at least the one i am familiar with).
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I find myself thinking oftenly about this one part of “the bluest eye”, which i found to be more powerful than all the other seemingly disturbing passages in the book.
It wasn’t the rape, nor Pecola going crazy, but the part where she succumbed to shame at the judgemental look the store clerk gave her when she went to buy candy.
The way she was able subconsciously to sense prejudice, lack of empathy(specifically towards herself), racism through her childish lens and absorb it all to just react by overflowing with shame, really moved me. Also as any other child or adult even, she failed to recognize how ugly that look was, how ugly his actions were and just ended up reinforcing her sense of being ugly herself.
It made me see racism through another point of view i had never even considered before. I felt so sorry for that little girl, how she was forced to endure this humiliating ritual from a grown man, each time she finally got some change and went happily to just get candy as any other child. It stayed with me how ugly that scene was and it has become one of my favorite scenes in the whole literature( or at least the one i am familiar with).
#entertainment
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