The Bluest Eyes (pg. 1-40)

Summary

In the novel The Bluest Eyes by Toni Morrison, the main character Claudia and her sister start off to collect coal for the Autuoccupied mn which is about to begin. Even though it would not be Claudia's fault she retained a cold that her mother was upset about. After a while her sister begins to comfort her and a boarder by the name of Henry Washington came to live with her. After the death of Claudia's father her mother decided with the extra room that maybe that taking in boarders would be a way of getting a little money on the side. Mr. Washington would preform magic tricks that kept the during the day while in the house. With additional member being added to the house a girl by the name Pecola around Claudia and her sisters' age. After Pecola became comfortable she had this cup that Claudia hated. This cup represented the little white girl Shirley Temple that was an indication of pretty to many young girls. Claudia did not like the fact that each Christmas that went by she would get a white doll baby that she cared nothing for. As the girls grew closer together Pecola was with the girls outside one day and started the process of menstruation. Having her sisters by side they tried to help her clean up herself without her mother knowing what was going on. As they tried to help her a little girl from next door begins to yell and scream that the girls were outside being inappropriate which was not the case. Claudia's mother came running outside and begin to beat the three young girls until she noticed that Pecola was becoming a young woman. That day was the start of their understanding of life.

Quote

"The Pecola asked a question that never entered my mind.'How do you get somebody to love you? But Frieda was asleep. And I didn't know' (Morrison 32).

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When i read this quote it made me think about how the girls are starting to mature and are starting to think beyond wall. For then they played with dolls and ran around they did not really pay attention to what the word love is. As I read The Bluest Eyes by Toni Morrison I began to notice that the girls are just like me and my two sisters that I am close with. My sisters and I always do things together and when we don't we find it hard to do things without each other. I think that this novel will become a view of how the young girl become attached and learn to need each other more because of certain events that they will soon come to endure.