Week XIII

Toni Morrison "The bluest eye"
In this book is described the story of a girl, Pecola.She is raised in a family where her parents fight very often.Her mother works while her father drinks all the day.Pecola is an Africo-American and her skin is dark and she is judged by school mates,neighborhood and called ugly.She is affected by those people and she wishes for the blu eyes to look beautiful.One theme of this book is racism.The girl is discriminated by others for her appearance.She is regarded as 'ugly' but why she had to believe it.We are beautiful for our own not for others.Everybody is beautiful even that girl with dark skin.Also she is raised in a family where her parents werent united to learn their children to have self esteem or to accept their own as they are.This wound had started earlier where black people were used for everything and mistreated and is hard to close this mindest.One other issue and I think more important is rape that happened in this story.In this case is called incest because the rape happens inside the family.The father rapes her daughter when he was drunk,maybe he was unaware,but this act is very fatally.He left her daughter pregnant and the child dies.This is a sad story from the beginning till the end.The way story is described in an amazing way.I think while reading this story we all learn more and our mind start thinking different.

Alice Walker "In search of our mothers garden"
Walker describes the story of her mother who escapes with the man who loved.She worked very hard and especially in the garden.People abuse with black women so their life wasnt easy.They were mistreated every time and underestimated.They were poor but her mother makes thier life more beauty with the way she loves them.The love she spread to their children may be more bigger than other white mothers spread.So,where is the difference?They live,love,work in the same way as all people around the world do.Differentiation of these people seems as well and nowdays especially at black women.