5/20/2023 0 Comments The bluest eye pages![]() Claudia suggests that the storefront was not a temporary place of residence for the Breedloves, but rather one of permanence because “they were poor and black, and they stayed there because they believed they were ugly” (38). In a revealing introduction of the Breedlove family, Morrison’s primary narrator, Claudia MacTeer, remembers the appearance of the Breedloves’ storefront house which would “foist itself on the eye of the passerby in a manner that is both irritating and melancholy” (32). We can first notice a juxtaposition of the beauty of autumn which, in this case, serves to illuminate the Breedlove family’s ugliness. ![]() Morrison begins the novel with the season of “Autumn,” a traditional time of crisp air, harvesting, and beautifully coloured leaves falling from tree limbs, however these expectations are quickly undermined through the experiences of her characters. ![]()
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