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May 25, 2024
Valerie
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If someone sees you as being better than themselves, they will want to copy the thing that seems to make you superior. For Pecola, it was the little white girl's blue eyes. Was it the miracle that Soaphead Church wrought or the rape by her father that made her crazy? Was this new world of hers really that bad? We will never know, but the beauty of this book is the fabulous writing and the descriptions of the tapestry of the lives of Southern Blacks. The tragedy of a people oppressed is accompani
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Aug 18, 2012
Saara
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Not only did I have to read this novel for my American Literature course a couple of years back, but I also chose it as the book I would write my term paper on. I regret neither of these things for a moment.
Depressing as the story is, it's well-written and moving, too. Having had to look at the text through a figurative magnifying glass I came to appreciate just how skilled an author Toni Morrison is. ...more
Depressing as the story is, it's well-written and moving, too. Having had to look at the text through a figurative magnifying glass I came to appreciate just how skilled an author Toni Morrison is. ...more
Oct 06, 2012
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May 10, 2025
Shannon
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