Bluest Eye, The - Toni Morrison

In Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye winter ends on a low note. The reader has just seen the misfortunate Pecola be humiliated and victimized once again. But when Junior leads Pecola into his house, he is unwittingly leading the reader into a scene wrought with emotion for all of the characters, not just Pecola. Within the realm of Geraldine and Junior's middle-class idealism all three characters verge on emotional breakdowns. Pecola, Geraldine and Junior are all unhappy, yet none of them cognitively know why. Morrison uses the scene to show that all her characters, not just Pecola, are victims of cultural stigma and suppression. The scene thus lengthens Morrison’s commentary to all her characters. Every character reacts to oppression the same way, by forcing all of their emotions into an aspect of their life they can control. Geraldine has her home and cat, Junior becomes angry at women and Pecola develops her delusional dream of blue eyes.
Junior’s house is everything Pec...