Choose only one of the questions below and write an essay of at least 1600 words. You need to develop your point as it relates to the The Bluest Eye and quote accordingly. 1. At the beginning of the The Bluest Eye, how does Morrison depict the concept of home? 2. According to Morrison in The Bluest Eye, does the good life exist or is it a myth? 3. How might beauty be or not be a social construction, and how does that relate to hegemony? 4. From what you read so far in The Bluest Eye, do you think that hope is needed, or is it an illusion (Delusion, fantasy)? 5. In The Bluest Eye, what is the relationship between hegemony and fear? 6. Discuss the idea of racial self-loathing as presented by Toni Morrison in The Bluest Eye. 7. Discuss the idea of surrendering ones identity as presented by Toni Morrison in The Bluest Eye. 8. As depicted by The Bluest Eye what is the relationship between hegemony and illness?
