8. The Bluest Eye

‘The Bluest Eye’ which is our seminar presentation novel was written by Toni Morrison. Toni Morrison is a black writer who wrote the book from the perspective of little black girl Claudia. The story is to show the life of blacks and the views of blacks for the whites. We can see that the author mentioned a lot about the racism and for this she used irony and comparison between blacks and white’s world. This novel takes place in Lorraine, Ohio where is a multicultural city (Italian neighbor Rosemary, Polish market owner Mr. Yacobowski).

One of the main themes of this book is about the physical appearance. The black girl Claudia always mentions about the white-skinned and blue-eyed people. She thinks that to have blue eyes and white skin is the indicator of beauty. When she eats the candy which is called Mary Jane who has a picture on it with blond hair, white skin and blue eyes she thinks about her and being like her (“eat Mary Jane. Love Mary Jane. Be Mary Jane).

Sometimes like Claudia, people can forget the insignificancy of the physical appearance. As it is temporary specialty, people just offer their life to it. They are always in a search of having a good color of eye, good color of hair… But the most important future of being human is not to have a good physical future but to have a good character.