Dec 31, 2009

The Bluest Eye | Summary

Part I: "Dick and Jane" and Preface
The Bluest Eye opens with a short "Dick and Jane" primary reader story that is repeated three times. The first time the story is written clearly. In the second telling, however, the text loses its capitalization and punctuation. By the third time through, the story has also lost its spacing. The novel then shifts to a short, italicized preface in the voice of Claudia MacTeer as an adult. She looks back on the fall of 1941. We find that this book will be the story of Claudia, her sister, Frieda, and their involvement with...