The Bluest Eye | Techniques
The Bluest Eye gave clear evidence of the innovative, original writer Morrison would be. For a first novel, it is unusually daring and rich in technical innovations involving voice, point of view, and associations.
The most dramatic innovation is the repetition of portions from the elementary reader "Dick and Jane" story that introduces various sections of the novel. The archetypal happy family to whom we are introduced as children, and whose lifestyle we are unconsciously encouraged to emulate, functions as a norm, and the components of family happiness are the very...
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