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Sunday, October 18, 2015

[11] Responce To The Bluest Eye

Claudia seems like this tough person who rebels against what everyone seems to follow. Like that person who is different than the crowd.  I think she destroys the doll in the story because of the fact that the adults just assumed that since she was a girl, that she would like a doll. And it is also because of this assumption that they didn't even bother asking her what she wanted for Christmas. Also the fact the doll they gave her, was supposed to show the person that someone would admire and be accepted by everyone, someone that she probably felt could never be her. This is a good example of a postmodernist novel. The way the novel can go back to different times, either past of present, shows how a person can change their reaction of what they could have done, from what has already been done.
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  1. UnknownOctober 18, 2015 at 9:21 PM

    I was shocked when Claudia destroyed the doll. I tried to find the reason why. It seems to be more than the fact that they didn't ask her what she wanted for Christmas. I think she had rejections issues. I think she felt that she was fighting for a cause already lost. she didn't "fit" the "standards" prone at that time. She is not able to see her worth. At a so young age she is a "follower". She needed an idol, that she could relate to. The barrier that society put between "Black and White" Prevents her from seeing what really matters. She lacks of self confidence and parental attention.

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  2. Prof. John TalbirdOctober 19, 2015 at 10:27 AM

    I wonder if her rxn is similar to when people in this country and others riot? The people outside the situation will say, "I can't believe 'those people' are destroying their own neighborhood.' But maybe that destruction is saying something for which they have not been able to formulate words?

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