Fight Against Oppression

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Fight Against Oppression!!!! In the novel, The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison, the evils inflicted upon blacks by a white society indoctrinated by the inherent beauty of whiteness and ugliness of blackness are thoroughly depicted. Morrison?s novel illustrates the disastrous affects racism had on African-Americans during the late nineteen hundreds. The Bluest Eye is a bitter novel that vividly reflects the way in which blacks were treated unfairly, and more important, how most blacks …

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…and wonderful lives makes blacks throughout this novel, especially Pecola, believe that to be white means to be happy. As a result, blacks analyze their lives of poverty and oppressing and begin to express a strong hatred towards their heritage for keeping them from the happiness of the ?Dick and Jane? world. Lastly, Morrison uses this novel to illustrate a reflection of the world and whites feelings towards blacks that are simply immoral and unjust.