The novel The Bluest Eye written by Toni Morrison focuses on one of many African American family who migrated from south to north to seek a better life but later became a quest for their individual identity. Since they have moved from farmland to an urban area, there had been a major change in their value system. Where they used to value family love and support more than anything, they now are in materialistic culture …showed first 75 words of 1259 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1259 total…identity. Pecola becoming insane, Pauline losing her love towards her own family, and Cholly losing his pride and dignity by raping his daughter. Harsh living conditions and ideal beauty created by the media, which they could never become of, created frustration which lead to self-hatred and self-destruction. WORKS CITED 1. Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye. New York:Washington Square Press, 1972. 2.Wright, Lee. Identity, Family, and Folklore in African American Literature. New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1995