The Bluest Eye.

So this week, we started our reading logs and the new books that we got to pick. My pick was a book called The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. My mom bought it a long time ago telling me it was a great book and that i should read it. I never ended up reading it because if my mom thought it was great than it must be boring. So when i was told to pick any book, it was the only book on my shelf that i had not read yet. So it bothered me that i hadn't read everything on my shelf yet, and what better way to read this book, because now i HAVE to read it. But it turns out that I'm really enjoying this book. I love the way that Toni Morrison writes, everything is very detailed and she really takes you to the time or place that shes describing. The Bluest Eye is basically the story of this little girls life. Her name is Pecola and Shes about nine when the story begins. she is African American and living somewhere in the south in like the early 1900's. It goes back in forth between the author describing Pecola and this other little girl named Claudia describing the story. Claudia and her sister Freida are the ones that Pecola stays with when Pecolas dad gets Pecola pregnant. YES, her dad!
But i think that the main point of the story is Pecola trying to discover and accept herself. Growing up shes not exactly considered pretty, like most girls shes going to school with. During the holidays, her mom always gets her these dolls and they always have blue eyes. She finds herself destroying the dolls out of anger but she doesn't realize why she is so angry towards the dolls. Then a girl named Maureen comes to her school. She's white, rich, and beautiful. She doesnt get picked on and everyone seems to love her. She's everything that Pecola wants to be. And she has blue eyes.
Every night for a whole year Pecola prays to god to turn pretty. But most of all she prays to have blue eyes. Naturally, this doesn't happen.
What i love most about the story is that it has the main story which is about Pecola, but it also has all these in between things. Like little stories within the main story.
I'm about halfway through this book and i already love it, and i guess i should have listened to my mother. Sorry, for giving like half of it away though but i WOULD still recommend this book to anyone and also the author because shes such a good writer in general and has a lot of books to be read.