Morrison, Pt. 3

Brilliant. Extraordinary. Greatness on paper! Morrison is exemplary in her writing style. At first, I'll admit that I was a little distracted by this very feature, but over the pages, I caught on. Ah-Ha! It's brilliant how she conveys the story through these parts that seem interrupted and chopped up, but together, they are all whole and complete. The dynamics between the characters is constantly changing, and I was constantly changing my view of the characters, especially Cholly. Morrison truly manifests in The Bluest Eye the power of writing.

The Bluest Eye is the Truest Novel


She'll grab your attention with, "But someday I will die" (Morrison, 181). But by that point in the book, she already has the reader's attention with so much other context. The perception of beauty and, more importantly, the self-image of ugly. Too much greatness to quote, yet not one part is worth ignoring. Perhaps the single most significant event in the book is the rape of Pecola. How badly everyone reacts to that poor girl's predicament? I was appalled! And then, Cholly was such a shock. His hatred stops him from doing anything and in his hatred he ends up doing everything!

There's an Entire Linguistics Division


"The other problem, of course, was language" (Morrison, 211). The language seemed authentic, "indisputably black" (Morrison, 211). The prose were black yet I felt they was a part of them that was universal. Not an hierarchy of language but rather the exact opposite; it manifests the essence of illiteracy, and in doing so, the book allows a connection with a much broader audience. The language is the paint of the story that gives the novel its distinction and its verity.

The Review


Brilliant is a term worth mentioning repeatedly. The novel defines this term through its complexity and cultural depth. The seemingly inter-mangled plot molds into a great novel. Morrison is a genius. She distracts us with words and attracts us with them. The Bluest Eye is simply brilliant!