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THE BLUEST EYE

THE BLUEST EYE. Melek BINERER Ezgi DEMIRTUNC Janbek OZDEMIR Beri PARDO. OUTLINE. Thesis Statement Political Commentary Racism in USA Jim Crow Laws Racism in The Bluest Eye Cultural Commentary (Black) Feminism The Theft of Innocence.

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THE BLUEST EYE

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  1. THE BLUEST EYE Melek BINERER Ezgi DEMIRTUNC Janbek OZDEMIR Beri PARDO

  2. OUTLINE Thesis Statement Political Commentary Racism in USA Jim Crow Laws Racism in The Bluest Eye Cultural Commentary (Black) Feminism The Theft of Innocence Retrieved on May 22th from http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nfaaz-63Ypw/R6NzXyvNWGI/AAAAAAAAAt8/ZnssF8_DlmA/s320/bluesteyecover.gif

  3. Thesis Statement • In “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison, the writer subtly talks about black feminism and the theft of innocence by using political and cultural commentary.

  4. RACISM IN USA • ColonizationProcess • CivilWar (1876-1865) • JimCrowLaws (1876-1964)

  5. JIM CROW LAWS • - A black male could not offer his hand (to shake hands) with a white male because it implied being socially equal. Obviously, a black male could not offer his hand or any other part of his body to a white woman, because he risked being accused of rape. • - Blacks and Whites were not supposed to eat together. If they did eat together, Whites were to be served first, and some sort of partition was to be placed between them. http://www.omurtlak.com/resim.php?resim=http%3A//s3.amazonaws.com/adaptiveblue_img/topics/p/jim_crow_laws

  6. - Whites did not use courtesy titles of respect when referring to Blacks, for example, Mr., Mrs., Miss., Sir, or Ma'am. Instead, Blacks were called by their first names. Blacks had to use courtesy titles when referring to Whites, and were not allowed to call them by their first names. - If a black person rode in a car driven by a White person, the black person sat in the back seat, or the back of a truck. http://www.omurtlak.com/resim.php?resim=http%3A//s3.amazonaws.com/adaptiveblue _img/topics/p/jim_crow_laws

  7. - Under no circumstance was a Black male to offer to light the cigarette of a White female -- that gesture implied intimacy. - Blacks were not allowed to show public affection toward one another in public, especially kissing, because it offended Whites. - Jim Crow etiquette prescribed that Blacks were introduced to Whites, never Whites to Blacks. http://americanrefugee.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/jimcrowprotest.jpg

  8. - Allpassengerstations in thisstateoperatedbyany motor transportationcompanyshallhaveseparatewaitingroomsorspaceandseparateticketwindowsforthewhiteandcoloredraces (Alabama). • - Theschoolsforwhitechildrenandtheschoolsfornegrochildrenshall be conductedseparately (Florida). http://www.omurtlak.com/resim.php?resim=http%3A//s3.amazonaws.com/adaptiveblue_img/topics/p/jim_crow_laws

  9. RACISM IN THE BLUEST EYE • Morrisontriestoshowthe hard life conditions of blackpeople in social life andhowtheyaretreatedbywhitepeople. • Shealsohighlightsthegreatdifferencesbetweenwhiteandblackpeopleandhowblacksareconsidered as secondclasscitizens.

  10. LORAIN, OHIO, 1940-41 http://www.longwharf.org/off_blueLorain.html

  11. What is feminism?

  12. Feminism • “Social movement that seeks equal rights for women.” (EB) • “The belief that women should be allowed the same rights, power and opportunities as men and be treated in the same way” (Cambridge) • “a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression” (bh) • Women = Men • Pro-Feminism

  13. Thus far.. • Late 19th- early 20th century • The struggle and the “suffrage” to gain rights • Led by... • Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979)

  14. Black Feminism • Emerged in 1970s • the Black Liberation Movement & the Women's Movement • Challenges... • What challenges, do you think? http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zJsqa6ndL._SL500_.jpg

  15. In The Bluest Eye • "She said she would let me stay if I left him. I thought about that. But later on it didn't seem none too bright for a black woman to leave a black man for a white woman" (p. 120). • "...she told me I shouldn't let a man take advantage over me. That I should have more respect, and it was my husband's duty to pay the bills, and if he couldn't, I should leave and get alimony" (p. 120).

  16. In The Bluest Eye • Pauline beats her husband Retrieved May 22 from http://singleindependentsistah.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/couple_arguing.jpg

  17. TONI MORRISON

  18. MORRISON INFLUENCED BY

  19. LORAIN, OHIO • born in Lorain, Ohio, 1931 • a multiculturalsteel town • consists of Czech, German, Irish, Greek, Italian, Serb, Mexican, and black suburbanites • religious environment http://pics2.city-data.com/city/maps/fr423.png "We were taught that as individuals we had value, irrespective of what the future might hold for us."

  20. The women of the black communityserved as a tightly woven safety net • had to contend with the racial prejudice • educational system ignored the contributions of nonwhites http://faculty.upj.pitt.edu/jalexander/Research%20archive/Johnson%20Company/Lorain%20Steel,%20Johnstown%20Works,%201911.jpg

  21. THEMES OF THE NOVEL • racism against blacks • discrimination based on skin colors • black society’s intolerence to the taboos of incest

  22. Can you give an example of the view about blacks’ social life?

  23. “Black e mo Black e mo Ya daddy sleeps nekked. Stch ta ta scth ta ta Stach ta ta ta ta ta”

  24. HIERARCHICAL SOCIETY

  25. Can you give some examples from our novel which represent such classes?

  26. What were the differences between the blacks’ and whites’ world in the novel?

  27. DIFFERENCES OF TWO WORLDS WORLD OF WHITES WORLD OF BLACKS orange-patched sky zinc bath tub; buckets of stove-heated water; flaky,stiff, grayish towels no beauty or style no kitchen in Breedloves storefront they have just two rooms and they can't find easily something to eat park is forbidden for black chilren poverty desire of blue eyes • blue sky • porcelain bath tub with silvery taps, hot&clear water, fluffy white towels • beauty, order, cleanliness and praise • a large white spacious kitchen in where there are odors of meat, vegetables • park for white children • wealth • blue eyes

  28. THE THEFT OF INNOCENCE • Cholly’s theft of Pecola’s innocence • What symbolizes Pecola’s innocence? • How does Cholly steal it?- “thief” Do weseethetheme of theft of innocence in themovie “Precious” too? Explain.

  29. Sexual coming of age • First sexual experiences • Pecola’s innocence- • Seeing their father naked • Her first menstruation Why do wecallthiseventloss of “innocence”? Isn’tPecola an innocentgirlanymore? Explainyourthoughts.

  30. Some Quotes... • “Am I going to die?” (pg.28) • “How do you get someone to love you?”(pg.32) • “ So when the child regained consciousness, she was lying on the kitchen floor under a heavy quilt, trying to connect the pain between her legs with the face of her mother looming over her.”(pg.163) • “The tenderness welled up in him, and he sank to his knees, his eyes on the foot of his daughter.” (pg.162) • “I never saw my daddy naked. Never.” (pg.72)

  31. Cholly • His traumatic sex experience • Self- hatred • “Lovelessness” • Having grown up without any parents • Abuses his wife • Endangers everybody around him

  32. Pecola • She is theonewho is seen as guilty • Shesuffersandpaysforthisevent • Thisevent is not only her loss of innocence, but loss of her babyand her existance • How do ChollyandFrieda’sfatherplay a role in theirdaughters’ firstsexualexperiences? • Inwhatwaytheserolesareexactlyopposite?

  33. The result- • Pecola is beaten up , goes mad, everybody hates her, her baby dies, her life gets ruined. She is excluded from the society. • Her mother --mad at Pecola. • Nothing changes for Cholly –goes on to his life. His traumatic sexual experience causes another traumatic experience for a little girl. -----Racism

  34. References • feminism. (2010). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved May 17, 2010, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/724633/feminism • Black feminism. Retrieved May 21, 2010, from http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/thistle/v9/9.01/6blackf.html • http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAjimcrow.htm • http://sabanciyabanci.wikispaces.com/ • http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htm • Morrison, T. (1970). The Bluest Eye. New York: Vintage Books. • http://www.google.com.tr/imgres?imgurl=http://www.schenectady.k12.ny.us/Schenectady_High_School/SaylesSchoolofFineArts/2009-2010/TheBluestEyePoster.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.schenectady.k12.ny.us/Schenectady_High_School/SaylesSchoolofFineArts/2009-2010/The_Bluest_Eye.htm&usg=__JyOvfxb9_0Oq5BjroDayYfnGiMI=&h=2531&w=1800&sz=1484&hl=tr&start=19&itbs=1&tbnid=GnKZoMxh1HqayM:&tbnh=150&tbnw=107&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dthe%2Bbluest%2Beye%26hl%3Dtr%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1

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