People say not to judge a book by it's cover. Well, that I don't agree with. You can perfectly judge a book by it's cover, more precisely, it's title. For example: The Bluest Eye. There is an eye that stands out from others. Not because it's blue but because it's the bluest. But, why would Toni Morrison write about only one eye? Is she referring to a certain type of person? Like specifically someone that doesn't fit in with the standard model of fitting-in...?
Any who, I really enjoyed how in the first chapter, Toni Morrison arranged the punctuation and proved us that just with this, the tone of the story can change enormously. At first she narrates a her trying to find someone to play with. It all seems very innocent and playful. When she finishes doing both (playing and narrating), the story begins all over again, but this time with no punctuation whatsoever. Reading this non-stop, gives the reader the sensation that someone, not the girl, is reciting the story by memory. After this paragraph, the same one is introduced with the exception of spaces between words. The fact that the author repeats the story three times and each time it gets faster and more monotonous, gives the sensation of "that's soo freaaaaky." Each time, the image of her telling the story becomes darker, and the camera in your brain starts to close-up her face. She's in a dark room, reciting this story non stop. MAKE IT STOP.
We are already seeing a pattern here: there is something that doesn't fit the mold. For now we have a queer little girl and a bluest eye.
Let's dig.
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