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TheBluestEyeToniMorrisonBackground詹宁ToniMorrison•Born:February18,1931(1931-02-18)•Lorain,Ohio,UnitedStates•Occupation:Novelist,Writer•Genres:AfricanAmericanliterature•Notablework(s):Beloved,SongofSolomon•Notableaward(s):•NobelPrizeinLiterature•1993•PulitzerPrizeforFiction•1988•Hernovelsareknownfortheirepicthemes,vividdialogue,andrichlydetailedblackcharacters.•MorrisonbeganwritingfictionaspartofaninformalgroupofpoetsandwritersatHowardUniversitywhomettodiscusstheirwork.•Shewenttoonemeetingwithashortstoryaboutablackgirlwholongedtohaveblueeyes.Thestorylaterevolvedintoherfirstnovel,TheBluestEye(1970).•Althoughhernovelstypicallyconcentrateonblackwomen,Morrisondoesnotidentifyherworksasfeminist.•Shehasstatedthatshethinks“it‘soff-putting(令人不快)tosomereaders,whomayfeelthatI'minvolvedinwritingsomekindoffeministtract.Idon'tsubscribetopatriarchy,andIdon'tthinkitshouldbesubstitutedwithmatriarchy.Ithinkit'saquestionofequitableaccess,andopeningdoorstoallsortsofthings.SocialBackground•Thestoryinthisnovelhappenedin1940s.Althoughslavesystemhadbeencancelled,BlackhadbeenunabletogetridofracialdiscriminationthatexistsineverycornerofAmericansociety.ThisdiscriminationisgrimlydominantinthemindoftheWhiteandtheBrown.theBluestEye•Character:•PecolaBreedlove•Geraldine•Junior•Thecat•Louis•Thestoryofeleven-year-oldPecolaBreedlove,thetragicheroineofToniMorrison’shauntingfirstnovel,grewoutofhermemoryofagirlhoodfriendwhowantedblueeyes.theBluestEye•Pecolaliveswithheralcoholicfatherandembittered,overworkedmotherinashabbystorefrontthatreeksofthehopelessdestitutionthatoverwhelmstheirlives.•EachnightPecolaprayedforblueeyes.Inherelevenyears,noonehadevernoticedPecola.Butwithblueeyes,shethought,everythingwouldbedifferent.Shewouldbesoprettythatherparentswouldstopfighting.Herfatherwouldstopdrinking.Herbrotherwouldstoprunningaway.Ifonlyshecouldbebeautiful.Ifonlypeoplewouldlookather.Themes•Theimportanceoffamilyandcommunity•Theinnocenceofchildren•SeeingversusBeingseen•SexualInitiationandabuse•PowerlessnessofWomenandchildrenandchildmolestation•Thecyclicalnatureofracism•Whitenessisthestandardofbeauty•……motifs•DirtinessandCleanliness•WhitenessandColoredness•UglinessandBeauty•……Pattern施婷娜Structure•Paragraph1-9–thedebutanddescriptionof“thebrowngirls”.•Paragraph10-53–asmallincidentbetweentheheroinePecolaBreedlove-ablackgirlandaboyandhisbrownmother.Mobile•MobileisthethirdmostpopulouscityintheSouthernUSstateofAlabamaandisthecountyseatofMobileCounty.ItislocatedontheMobileRiverandthecentralGulfCoastoftheUnitedStates.Mobile•Fromtop:PincusBuilding,OldCityHallandSouthernMarket,FortCondé,BartonAcademy,CathedralBasilicaoftheImmaculateConception,andtheskylineofdowntownMobilefromtheMobileRiver.Aiken•AikenisacityinandthecountyseatofAikenCounty,SouthCarolina,UnitedStates.WithAugusta,Georgia,itisoneofthetwolargestcitiesoftheCentralSavannahRiverArea.ItispartoftheAugusta-RichmondCountyMetropolitanStatisticalArea.AikenishometotheUniversityofSouthCarolinaatAiken.Thepopulationwas25,337atthe2000census.AikenwasrecognizedwiththeAll-AmericaCityAwardin1997bytheNationalCivicLeagueAikenCountyCourthouseNewportNews•NewportNewsisanindependentcityintheHamptonRoadsmetropolitanareaofVirginia.Itisatthesouth-westernendoftheVirginiaPeninsula,onthenorthshoreoftheJamesRiverextendingsoutheastfromSkiff'sCreekalongmanymilesofwaterfronttotheriver'smouthatNewportNewsPointontheharborofHamptonRoads.CityCenteratOysterPointMarietta•MariettaisacitylocatedincentralCobbCounty,Georgia,andisitscountyseat.•Asofthe2000census,thecityhadatotalpopulationof58,748,makingitoneofmetroAtlanta'slargestsuburbs.Censusestimatesof2008indicateapopulationof67,021.Mariettaisthethird-largestofthreeprincipalcities(bypopulation)ofandisincludedintheAtlanta–SandySprings–Marietta,Georgia,metropolitanstatisticalarea,whichisincludedintheAtlanta-SandySprings-Gainesville,Georgia-Alabama(part)combinedstatisticalarea.CobbCountycourthouseinMariettaMeridian•MeridianisthecountyseatofLauderdaleCounty,Mississippi.ItisthesixthlargestcityinthestateandtheprincipalcityoftheMeridian,MississippiMicropolitan.StatisticalArea.Alongmajorhighways,thecityis93mi(150km)eastofJackson,MS;154mi(248km)westofBirmingham,AL;202mi(325km)northeastofNewOrleans,LA;and231mi(372km)southeastofMemphis,TN.Meridian'sGatewaytoDowntown,the22ndAveBridgeDowntownMeridianintheearly1900sMeridianMuseumofArtNagadoches•NagadochesisacityinNacogdochesCounty,Texas,intheUnitedStates.The2010censusrecordedthecity'spopulationtobe32,996.ItisthecountyseatofNacogdochesCountyandissituatedinEastTexas.NacogdochesisasistercityofNatchitoches,Louisiana.HistoricdowntownNagadochesNagadochesCityHallNagadochesHistoricTownCenterMuseumBatonRouge•BatonRougeisthecapitalofandsecond-largestcityinLouisiana,UnitedStates.ItislocatedinEastBatonRougeParish.•BatonRougeisamajorindustrial,petrochemical,medical,andresearchcenteroftheAmericanSouth.ThePortofBatonRougeistheninthlargestintheUnitedStatesintermsoftonnageshipped,andisthefarthestupstreamMississippiRiverportcapableofhandlingPanamaxships.BatonRougeCityHallBatonRou