The Bluest Eye | Themes
The key themes of The Bluest Eye have to do with the most fundamental social unit, the family. In addition to the central and obviously dysfunctional Breedlove family, Morrison includes several family clusters in the narrative, each representing a mode of coping with alienation and the false cultural values imposed on minorities. In theory, a family should offer a support system even more basic than that of the community to guide individuals in dealing with the pressures society in general imposes on them. In all of Morrison's novels, the hero's identification with her or his...
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