The Bluest Eye Research Paper
INTRODUCTION
1. BACKGROUND
In the US, racism is a well known issue. From racial profiling to other issues such as affirmative action, police brutality against minorities and the history of slavery and the rising resentment against immigrants (http://www.globalissues.org). Here the writers point out about the racism that is occurred in novel of The Bluest Eye, where racism is one of the biggest issue occurred in the novel. Since the history of black peole related to the slavery that involved their ancestors, the racism that happened 1965 still clasified black as the lower class in American society.
The preasure of racism felt by black people in the novel at that time is clearly seen from the beginning of the novel up to the end of the story. The racism is faced by children, teenagers and adult. Racism is treating someone differently or unfairly simply because they belong to a different race or culture (http://www.childline.org.uk). The way of how the white people treats black people is one of the example of the racism. How children from different race treat other is one of the example. …show more content…
How could someone who live in a racist neighborhood has a criteria of beauty from white people who treat them differently? This question is one of five questions that the writers like to find the answer through the analysis below.
2. QUESTIONS
1. How can be white as the standards of beauty?
2. How can the little girl (Pecola) be made to feel so ugly about her self?
3. Why do Pecola feel that?
4. What has been lost that made this problem happened?
5. How to find the way out from this
1. BACKGROUND
In the US, racism is a well known issue. From racial profiling to other issues such as affirmative action, police brutality against minorities and the history of slavery and the rising resentment against immigrants (http://www.globalissues.org). Here the writers point out about the racism that is occurred in novel of The Bluest Eye, where racism is one of the biggest issue occurred in the novel. Since the history of black peole related to the slavery that involved their ancestors, the racism that happened 1965 still clasified black as the lower class in American society.
The preasure of racism felt by black people in the novel at that time is clearly seen from the beginning of the novel up to the end of the story. The racism is faced by children, teenagers and adult. Racism is treating someone differently or unfairly simply because they belong to a different race or culture (http://www.childline.org.uk). The way of how the white people treats black people is one of the example of the racism. How children from different race treat other is one of the example. …show more content…
How could someone who live in a racist neighborhood has a criteria of beauty from white people who treat them differently? This question is one of five questions that the writers like to find the answer through the analysis below.
2. QUESTIONS
1. How can be white as the standards of beauty?
2. How can the little girl (Pecola) be made to feel so ugly about her self?
3. Why do Pecola feel that?
4. What has been lost that made this problem happened?
5. How to find the way out from this