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PASSAGE ANALYSIS starts Pg 33 "Try as she might..." ends "long, long time" Pg 35. This passage is from the novel titled "The Bluest Eye", by Toni Morrison. It is from the opening section of the book called "summer". The passage depicts the hated lifestyle of a poor black girl who yearns intensely for beauty. She believes herself ugly and unworthy of love and respect, but is convinced that her life would be magically transformed if she possessed blue eyes. Racial self-loathing has corroded the life of Pecola, by making her believe she is inferior compared to the white population. Furthermore, she hides herself and bases every action of her life relating to her skin tone: "And Pecola. She hid behind hers. Concealed, veiled, eclipsed- peeping out from behind the shroud very seldom."(29) She therefore bases her life on her perceived ugliness. Abandonment emerges the key theme that dominates this passage....

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