Lesson9TheBluestEye解读.docx
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Lesson9TheBluestEye解读
TheBluestEye(Excerpts)
byToniMorrison
GuidetoReading
WhenwediscusscontemporaryAmericanliterature,itisimpossiblenottomentionthenameandworksofToniMorrison.ANobelPrizewinnerforliterature,shehaswrittenuptonowsevennovels,makingsignificantcontributionstothedepictionofAfricanAmericanexperience.UnlikesomeAfricanAmericanwriterswhoexposewhiteracismagainsttheblacksinadirectway,Morrison’sexplorationtendstobeintroverted,focusingontherelationshipswithintheblackcommunity.Hernovelsoftenrevealhowthedominantwhiteculturehasdeprivedtheblackpeopleoftheirownculturalvaluesandthedestructiveimpactthisculturalmutilationhasbroughtaboutamongtheblackpeople.AlthoughmostofhernovelsareapparentlysetinherhometowninOhio,theynotonlydepicttheblackexperienceinthatregion,buttellaboutsharedhumanconditionswithuniversalthemesoflove,death,betrayal,andtheindividual’sresponsibilityforhisorherownfate.
Morrison’sfirstnovelTheBluestEye,fromwhichthefollowingtextistaken,tellstheheartbreakingstoryofPecolaBreedlove,avulnerableblackgirl,livinginLorain,Ohio,intheearly1940s.Inasocietywhereblueeyesandwhitenessareequatedwithbeauty,andtherefore,goodnessandhappinesswhileblacknessisperceivedugliness,Pecola’sgreatestdesireistohaveblueeyes.Eachnight,withoutfail,shepraysforprettyblueeyes.Shebelievesthathavingblueeyesisthekeytowipingoutalltheunbearablemiseriesforherfamily—theirhopelesspoverty,theconstantfightingbetweentheparents,thecontemptofotherchildren,etc.Sheimaginesthatwithblueeyes,shewillbecomeabeautifulgirllovedbyeveryone.InherwildimaginationPecolafeelsthatthecolorofhereyeshasbeenfinallytransformed.Ironically,insteadoflove,whatshegetsintheendistheviolenceofherfather’srape.Ratherthanhappiness,shesinksdeeperintotheabyssofmisery.Herdreamoffindingshelterinherfantasyofwhitenessmercilesslydestroyed,thegirlisthrownintomadness.
Followingisoneofthemostvividscenesinthenovel.Inthisparttheauthordescribesaparticulartypeofblacks—brown-skinnedpeople.Theyholdthemselveshighabovetheotherblacks.Thesesugar-brownormilk-browngirlsarefrombetterfamilies,“gotoland-grantcolleges,learnhowtodothewhiteman’sworkwithrefinement,”marrysuccessfully,livingintheirowninviolableworldsinquiet,blackneighborhoods.Withacertainproportionofwhitebloodinthem,theyfeelsuperiortootherblackpeople.Likethewhites,theydetestblackness,andprojecttheirhatredandcontemptforitontoNegroeswithdarkerskins.Theyblindlybelieveinthemainstreamwhiteculturalvaluesandimitatethewhitemiddleclassineverypossibleway.Theyareunabletoestablishhealthyrelationshipswiththeirownpeople.Geraldineissuchawoman,andhersonJuniorisonthewayofbecomingonelikeher.Incapableofhumanlove,Geraldinefindscomfortinhercat.Sowhenhercatiskilled(byherson),shepoursallherangerontoPecolaandcruellydrivesthepoorgirlfromherhome.Onceagain,Pecolaismadeavictim.Yet,Geraldine,whohasvictimizedthishelplessblackgirl,isalsoavictimherself—avictimofracialprejudicethathaspenetratedintothemindsofblackpeoplelikeherandwarpedtheirtrueidentity.
Thissceneisvividanddisturbing.Afterreadingthestorythereaderfindsithardtoforgetthecharactersandtheirfate.Realisticdetails,metaphoricallanguageandthefreshestandmoststrikingproseallcontributetoMorrison’seffectiveexplorationofcomplexthemesthroughtellingsimplestories.
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1.TheycomefromMobile.Aiken.FromNewportNews.FromMarietta.FromMeridian.Andthesoundsoftheseplacesintheirmouthsmakeyouthinkoflove.Whenyouaskthemwheretheyarefrom,theytilttheirheadsandsay"Mobile"andyouthinkyou'vebeenkissed.Theysay"Aiken"andyouseeawhitebutterflyglanceoffafencewithatornwing.Theysay"Nagadoches"andyouwanttosay"Yes,Iwill."Youdon'tknowwhatthesetownsarelike,butyoulovewhathappenstotheairwhentheyopentheirlipsandletthenameseaseout.
2.Meridian.Thesoundofitopensthewindowsofaroomlikethefirstfournotesofahymn.Fewpeoplecansaythenamesoftheirhometownswithsuchslyaffection.Perhapsbecausetheydon'thavehometowns,justplaceswheretheywereborn.Butthesegirlssoakupthejuiceoftheirhometowns,anditneverleavesthem.TheyarethinbrowngirlswhohavelookedlongathollyhocksinthebackyardsofMeridian,Mobile,Aiken,andBatonRouge.Andlikehollyhockstheyarenarrow,tall,andstill.Theirrootsaredeep,theirstalksarefirm,andonlythetopblossomnodsinthewind.Theyhavetheeyesofpeoplewhocantellwhattimeit
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