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Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. Bahar BALIK Deniz Dadik KIPGE Hasan Can SARAL Serra OREY. Outline. Dick and Jane Readers Shirley Temple and Bojangles Themes: Race and Beauty Symbols References. Dick and Jane Readers.

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Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye

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  1. Toni Morrison’sThe Bluest Eye Bahar BALIK DenizDadik KIPGE Hasan Can SARAL Serra OREY

  2. Outline • Dick and Jane Readers • Shirley Temple and Bojangles • Themes: Race and Beauty • Symbols • References

  3. Dick and Jane Readers • Written by William S. Gray and Zerna Sharp, Dick and Jane Readers were used to teach American children to read from 1930s to 1970s. • Composed of a mother, a father, their children Dick and Jane, who belong to a white, middle class society that Pecola wants to be a member of.

  4. Dick and Jane Readers • Very simple use of vocabulary • Important point; black characters were not inclueded until 1965 • How can you relate the fact that blacks were not included until 1960s to our novel?

  5. How do these readers relate to our novel? • The sentences belonging to Dick and Jane style narration are simple and readable but gradually the narrative loses all itspunctuation which can be a visualmetaphor for Pecola's losing her perspective about her worth as a person. • When the paragraphs dissolve into a river of print,having absolutely no meaning,we can liken this situation to the madness of Pecola. • ……..… wouldliketo be Jane (Blue Hair & Blonde Hair)

  6. How do these readers relate to our novel? • The sentences belonging to Dick and Jane style narration are simple and readable but gradually the narrative loses all itspunctuation which can be a visualmetaphor for Pecola's losing her perspective about her worth as a person. • When the paragraphs dissolve into a river of print,having absolutely no meaning,we can liken this situation to the madness of Pecola. • Pecolawouldliketo be Jane (Blue Hair & Blonde Hair)

  7. ShirleyTemple • Late 1930s and 1940s • Child star • Blonde hair and blue eyes • ''my friend, my uncle,my daddy, who ought to have been soft -shoeing it and chuckling with me''. • Surname : Temple Idolized Retrived on 10 March 2010 from; http://www.ioffer.com/img/1160290800/_i/14573461/1.jpg

  8. ShirleyTemple VS JaneWilkers Retrieved on 10 March 2010 from; http://www.child-stars.com/shirley-temple/130-034~Shirley-Temple-Posters.jpg Retrieved on 10 March 2010 from; http://www.classicmoviekids.com/images/w/withers/withers303a.jpg

  9. PecolaandFrieda? Mr Henry praisessisterswithtwowhiteactresses. Relatedwithself-hatred. GretaGarbo GingerRogers Retrieved on 10 March 2010 from; http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2094/2259441246_2dbe65ccfd_o.jpg Retrieved on 10 March 2010 from; 6MIOjrTc*xm5IV9UOA7bAH0gd-ONXxirUvqVXMg5PC4-uLFLrXPW/gretaicon.jpg

  10. Bojangles – Bill Robinson • Fakesmile, greatedance. • Blacks as actors. • "beau jongleur"  "fine juggler" • Earnsmorethan $2 million but dies in poverty.

  11. Race • Catagorization of humans • CulturalAspect • Physicalfutures Skin colour Cranial Facialfeatures Hair

  12. Racisim • Has twomeaningsDifferences in humancharacter • DisciriminationorPrejudicebased on Race Forexample: Blackstreating as slaves Do racesgotstereotyped in themselves? Forexample, whichrace do youthink has themostbeautifulwomen? Whydidyouchoose it?

  13. PeopleAccordingtoTheirAppearence Beautiful Ugly • MaureenPeal • ShirleyTemple • RosemaryVillanucci • Geraldine* • Breedloves • Pecola • Pauleen • Cholly • Sammy • ClaudiaMacTeer + FriedaMacTeer* • MrsMacteer ("Big Mama") Do youseetheugliness as a personalchoice?

  14. Race and Beauty • Pauline • despised not only by whites but also by blacks • “The sad thing was that Pauline did not really care for c...... and m….. . She merely wanted other women to cast favorable glances her way.”

  15. Race and Beauty • Pauline • despised not only by whites but also by blacks • “The sad thing was that Pauline did not really care for clothes and make-up. She merely wanted other women to cast favorable glances her way.”

  16. Whileshewas 5 monthspregnant, shewenttothefilms of ClarkGableand Jean Harlow. http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Harlow,%20Jean/Annex/Annex%20-%20Harlow,%20Jean%20(Hold%20Your%20Man)_03.jpg

  17. She fixes her hair like Jean Harlow. http://teegardennash.com/media/*MS/Harlow1TN.jpg

  18. And Pauline said: “I hurt just like them white women.” (p.125)

  19. Pecola… • was described “ugly” by her mother Pauline, while she was a baby “…But I knowed she was ugly. Head full of pretty hair, but Lord she was ugly.” (p.126)

  20. Pecola… • Long hours she sat looking into mirror, trying to discover the secret of ugliness. (p.45) • She would see only what there was to see: eyes of other people. (p.47)

  21. Maureen Peal • not white but a light-skinned girl • green eyes, perfect clothes

  22. MeringuePie • Brown outside, white inside.

  23. Symbols • Coal • Necessity that they cannot give up • Source of life • fatal • ‘black’ as they are

  24. Symbols • Flowers & Soil • Frequent use of flowers • Marigold(Starts and ends the story, doesn’t grow in Lorain) • Forsythia(Holds no cheer) • Dandelion(“Nobody loves the head of a dandelion (. . .) so many strong and soon.”) • Hollyhocks((. . .) roots are deep, their stalks are firm and only the top blossom nods in the wind” - Geraldine)

  25. Symbols • Soil; also symbolizing fertility • They‘bury’ ifneeded. • Flowers are season dependant  Cyclical Writing Style • House X Outdoors • House symbolizing a possession • Geraldine cares about her house, whereas Pauline cares about where she works • Breedloves’ house burns down • White Street X Black Street

  26. Symbols • Thewaytheysleep

  27. Symbols • Blue Eyes • Probably most obvious symbol of the novel; beauty • Economic Symbols: Brands • Isaley’s, • Frequent use of brands, economic wealth of America before Great Depression • Metals • Cold and Tension • Zinc Bathtub • Steel Industry

  28. Symbols • Famous People • Greta Garbo • Shirley Temple • Ginger Rogers

  29. Symbols • Suits  Cleanness  Funk • The Cat • Symbolizing Geraldine’s freedom and what she desires to have as a relative or a friend • White Colored Objects • Wealth

  30. Symbols • Precious Lord • Jesus Christ  Ideal man that Pauline longs for • Tooth • Another symbol of beauty • Rainbow • Orgasm  Satisfaction • Soaphead Church’s Relationship With Objects • He can’t stand any human contact he can only bear the objects (i.e. pot) ORGASM! Retrieved from http://brianmclain.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/rainbow_prev.jpg

  31. Violence, BeautyandBlackness

  32. References • T. Morrison, TheBluestEye, 1993, Vintage • http://www.child-stars.com/shirley-temple/130-034~Shirley-Temple-Posters.jpg • http://www.classicmoviekids.com/images/w/withers/withers303a.jpg • http://www.ioffer.com/img/1160290800/_i/14573461/1.jpg

  33. THANK YOU!!!

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