How does a person’s appearance and experiences affect their perspective on others?
Based on The Bluest Eye
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Research Question
ENGL 252 Fa20
race and vision, 1900-present
I think we need something much more specific and more targeted to the text. I coudl see a related question that delves into the construction of “ugliness” in the text: where does it come from? How do the novels’ characters gain an understanding of themselves in a world that produces them as “ugly”? Something like that…
Is “How do the characters in The Bluest Eye perceive themselves in a community that classifies them as unattractive?” better?
Thank you for the feedback.
Yes, that’s much more specific and pegged to the text. The quality of the essay will depend on how well you can get at the range of responses to this “gaze” or “the Thing” as Claudia puts it. We need to see how Pecola’s and the other Breedloves’ responses are different from those of Geraldine, or Claudia and Frieda, or the Maginot Line…