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Beauty is different for every individual and it lies solely in the eye of the beholder. ... In Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye both Pecola Breedlove and her mother Pauline desired to be society’s idea of beauty. ...
In theory, adolescents and young adults are self-centered and they are concerned about how others perceive them. These attachments to other’s ideas are just efforts at creating and defining a self-identity. The Breedlove family as a whole was lacking a sound self-identity, which made it extremely difficult for Pecola to form a sense of who she was and give her an appreciation for her own beauty.
In this novel society has created its own definition of what beauty should be (white and blonde with blue eyes), and that ideal is a sharp contrast to what each of the characters are (black with dark eyes and dark hair). ...
When she was pregnant Pauline was introduced to the idea of physical beauty while attending a movie. “Along with the idea of romantic love, she was introduced to another -- physical beauty. ... She was never able, after her education in the movies, to look at a face and not assign it some category in the scale of absolute beauty, and the scale was one she absorbed in full from the silver screen. ... Her second family gave her a new identity ‘Polly’ and allowed her to act upon her urge to keep the house neat and spotless. ‘Polly’s’ identity is threatened when Pecola shows up at her employer’s house and disturbs the order she has created. ... Pauline’s struggle with racial identity and self-definition caused her self-oppression.
Approximate Word count = 1386
Approximate Pages = 5.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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