Assignment: 13

"In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens"
and
"The bluest eye".


"In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens" is a book which talks about the black women, how they have become so POWERFUL and such an inspiration for others through years. Although, they didn't know how valid and worthy they were. There were so many people who judged, discriminated and didn't allow them to do what they wanted, to write, to express their feelings or rights and so many other things and all this was just because they were slaves. Despite all these sufferings, at the end, they were always trying to find a way to be happy in that way of living. The "Mother's  Garden" symbolizes that place were the author's mother found solace despite her anguish and it also describes it as a place were joy and happiness are found. It is best described through these lines: "I notice that it is only when my mother is working in her flowers that she is radiant, almost to the point of being invisible". Also the main theme is motherhood, because it shows how a mother sacrifices for her children to have everything they need and of course, to be happy!

"The bluest eye".
Well, this book had a very different tone. This is a book which talks about a girl named Pecola who is insecure about herself. She has an unhappy family. Pecola feels ugly with the way she is, because she is different from the others. She is a black girl who dreams to be like the white girls with blue eyes and not dark skinned with dark eyes. But the most ugly thing which happens to her, is when her father rapes her and nobody believes that her father did it. She even becomes impregnated from her father. Something that impressed me was the fact that, despite the bad things that happened to her and despite the fact that she felt all the time priceless, like she was nothing, she became so strong.