Through exposure of the embedding of the dangerous hierarchies associated with these concepts into our primary narratives- reading primers, movies, and products-the novel demonstrates the difficulties of growing up and of surviving for African-American young women.
These constructs are a particular issue for African- American communities that often are excluded from representation. The novel addresses the social forces that drive understanding and definition of cultural constructs such as beauty, normalcy, family, and sexuality. Pecola’s story intersects with and contrasts with that of the novel’s primary narrator, Claudia MacTeer, whose coming of age, while challenging, is not the alienating, ultimately impossible situation experienced by Pecola. Individually and collectively people mark Pecola and her dysfunctional family as falling outside the boundaries of what is normal and, thus, as undesirable. The novel takes place in the 1940s in the industrial northeast of Lorian, Ohio, and tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, a young African-American woman who is marginalized by her community and the larger society. The Bluest Eye (1970) is Toni Morrison’s first published novel. ET and PT.Analysis of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eyeīy NASRULLAH MAMBROL on Janu "If you hadn't chosen it and I knew that the 50th anniversary was coming up, I would have done it again, because I love it that much," she said.įor more coverage about The Bluest Eye and Morrison's legacy, tune into the Read With Jenna special streaming on "TODAY," all day at 11:00 a.m, and at 8:00 p.m. In fact, if Bush Hager hadn't chosen The Bluest Eye, Oprah said she would have selected the novel again herself. Are you kidding me? I want as many people to be exposed to all the books as possible," Oprah said. "Somebody was asking me the other day, did I feel, since you were choosing the book, some sense of competition. Now, in December, they've come together to celebrate their shared love for the same book-not compete. They began 2020 with a stop on Oprah's 2020 Vision Tour in Fort Lauderdale, speaking about how their prominent book clubs "aren't competing" with one another.
The duo's conversation comes as a full-circle moment. I think that to be able to follow the pain and actually deal with the pain and then eventually transcend the pain, that is what her storytelling has been about," Oprah said. "When you read The Bluest Eye, you understand how people get stuck in the pain and burrowed down with it. "One of the things that I think she's able to do in this book is the same thing I've always tried to do in my work and one of the reasons why I started the book club, is to let people know that they are not alone," Oprah said on TODAY.Īccording to Oprah, Morrison's work helps us "follow our own pain, to reckon with it, and to transcend it." In an era characterized by grief, loss, turmoil, and isolation, there is no better author-and no better book-to read. Speaking to Bush Hager in 2020, Oprah echoed the sentiment: The Bluest Eye fosters empathy and compassion, for yourself and others. Only then, she feels, will she be beautiful. The acclaimed novel follows the life of Pecola Breedlove, a 12-year-old Black girl who longs for blue eyes. It was the first book that really opened my eyes to how literature can create understanding and take you into worlds you don’t know," Bush Hager wrote for TODAY.įirst published in 1970, The Bluest Eye's 50th anniversary coincided with Bush Hager's announcement. "It was a book that talked about adult subjects but the underlying themes of racism, otherness and feeling not good enough were things that my classmates were dealing with, particularly my classmates of color. Bush Hager first encountered The Bluest Eye in high school, and it changed her forever. In December 2020, Bush Hager announced that The Bluest Eye, Morrison's first novel, would be her latest Read With Jenna book club pick. Oprah added, "To be able to read Toni Morrison.is one of the great joys of life." "We both turned to books, including The Bluest Eye, for comfort," Bush Hager told Oprah during a discussion on the TODAY Show, part of her "Celebration of Toni Morrison" special.
Specifically, they read books by Toni Morrison. When the world gets tough, as it certainly did this year, Oprah Winfrey and Jenna Bush Hager have the same impulse: They read books.
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