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.

Friday, October 16, 2015

The Bluest Eye

        I thought that this novel was for the most part, very interesting. The scene I wanted to discuss the most was when the children were outside, basically trying to help Pecola from bleeding. I feel like, this is such a real life situation mainly because every girl goes through menstruation in their lives. Some undergo it at a young age, some older but unless you've been taught about what it is, it can be very scary to go through. I can't imagine what was going through Pecola's mind at that moment, like it's such a personal moment but obviously she didn't know any better. It's clear that she didn't really have a guardian or somewhat mother-figure in her life to teach her about things like that so when it happened she had no idea what to do or what was going on. For any girl, that's such an important conversation to have.

3 comments:

  1. Really nice, sensitive response. I think one of the warmest, and also heartbreaking scenes in the book, is when Claudia and Frieda are outside the bathroom door and they can hear their mother and Pecola laughing in the bathroom. It seems to be one of the only moments when Pecola is being treated w/ affection besides for from the prostitutes upstairs.

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  2. Great entry! I totally agree with you. This part of the book is very important. This shows the lack of care that Pecola had before. Not knowing this stage in your life is very upsetting.

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  3. Great entry! I totally agree with you. This part of the book is very important. This shows the lack of care that Pecola had before. Not knowing this stage in your life is very upsetting.

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