The Bluest Eye
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
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Prologue Section 1 Prologue Section 2 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11
Themes
All Themes Beauty vs. Ugliness Women and Femininity Race and Racism Home and Family Sex and Sexuality
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Characters
All Characters Pecola Breedlove Claudia MacTeer Frieda MacTeer Cholly Breedlove Pauline Breedlove Henry Washington Samuel Breedlove China, Poland, and Miss Marie Maureen Peal Geraldine Louis Junior Soaphead Church
Symbols
All Symbols Blue Eyes Marigolds
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allegory Allusions Dialect Genre Hyperbole Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Setting Similes Situational Irony Stream of Consciousness Style Tone
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