A good book is one that you cannot quit thinking about. For days after you finish it you will catch yourself daydreaming about it. That is what The Bluest Eye did to me. I can’t say that I liked the novel, because I didn’t. It left me with an empty horrified feeling in the pit of my stomach; a realization of how harsh the world can be. I believe that this was Toni …showed first 75 words of 1295 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1295 total…are really black and white. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Works Consulted Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., and K.A. Appiah, eds, Amistad Literary Series—Toni Morrison: Critical Perspectives Past and Present. New York: Amistad Press, 1993. Carmier-Hamiliton, Patrice. “Black Naturalism and Toni Morrison: The Journey Away From Self Love in the Bluest Eye.” MELUS, Winter94, Vol. 19 Issue 4, p109, 19p. Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye. Plume: 1970 Napieralski, Edmund A. “Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.” Explicator, Fall94, Vol. 53 Issue 1, p59, 4p