Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 204 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations before we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing/reading on a weekly basis in an informal forum.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Finishing Up The Bluest Eye response
There are so many child molesters in the story maybe because Morrison had witnessed someone she grew up with being molested. There is a high chance that Morrison also wanted to expose to truth about what was going on back then. Mr. Henry, Soaphead Church and Cholly all aren't happy and require some sort of sexual act to bring even slight happiness. None of them are able to please their wives or women either. Mr. Henry stays with the MacTeers because the women he was living with was becoming senile. Cholly and Mrs. Breedlove are constantly verbally and physically abusing each other. Soaphead Church's wife left him because he would never please her in bed.
Church most likely believes he is a god like figure or possibly a prophet. He feels as if God might just be ignoring everyone. So he "takes" god's place and "grants" people what they wish and have been praying for. He "gives" Pecola her blue eyes that she has always wanted. He actually believes he could do such things. I don't think he's a believer of God because his prayers have not been answered.
I believe Pecola is talking to herself. She has gone insane with the thought that her eyes are blue and shes arguing with her former self. She wishes nothing but to have blue eyes and she will force herself to believe that her eyes are now blue.
This was a slightly harder book to understand but when dissecting certain aspects of the book I was able to understand some characters and their view points. Like Pecola's want for blue eyes is so intense because everyone around her has such a specific sense of beauty and are constantly belittling her for her lack of said beauty. This story is a rather interesting read that opens your eyes to what life was like for young black women.
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