As I started reading The Bluest Eye, the cover struck me as if the book were going to talk about the various differences and emotional harms of racism; specifically in the time of heavy segregation. I plotted a whole story out about the jealousy and the resentment a young black girl had towards her white counterparts. That she (the narrator) may even have a white friend. I'm pretty sure this topic may come up further in the novel, to which I will relate Jane Elliot's brown vs. blue eyes experiment.
The second thing that stood out to me was the juxtaposition in the beginning with the child-like prose that went faster and faster which was then proceeded by a very educated extended metaphor. I didn't quite understand why the author did this at first but later upon reading "I learned quickly, however, what I was expected to do with the doll: rock it, fabricate storied situations around it, even sleep."(P.21) I think I understand. This child is not an ordinary child. She has what people would call an "old soul" because her descriptions are so vivid and colorfully described.
Lastly, the structure of the novel seems to mimic a person reminiscing. The inconsistency from one paragraph to the next separated by a gap suggests a loss in the train of thought; something that tends to happen to those who suffer from alzhimers. (This supported by the fact that the beginning of the following paragraph shows little continuity.) Also, the narration (nun) starts in first person but then makes its way to third person.
That's what I have so far. I guess I'll just have to keep reading.
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