1. Violence, Vision, & Voice
Black Monsters and Bad Growing in The Bluest Eye

2. Did you like the novel, The Bluest Eye?

3. Do you think this novel is important for others to read?

4. How do the pictures of black peoples, particularly black youth, in The Bluest Eye compare to the depictions of black youths we discussed the first week of class (in the documents surrounding the deaths of Emmitt Till, Trayvon Martin, and Michael Brown)?

5. 1965 Moynihan Report
“In essence, the Negro community has been forced into a matriarchal structure which, because it is to out of line with the rest of the American society, seriously retards the progress of the group as a whole, and imposes a crushing burden on the Negro male and, in consequence, on a great many Negro women as well. “
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6. Early Reception
“Morrison remembers that when "The Bluest Eye" was first published in 1970, its reception was like the life of her young protagonist: ‘dismissed, trivialized, misread.’ Thirty years later, it speaks bravely and beautifully and universally.”
Valerie Schultz “Bluest Eye Controversy A Tragedy”