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I believe the third example and all the subsequent ones represent the differences between the supposed real world and the world of the characters living in Loraine. The rest of the examples in the story are much like the third one, with one addition: words are simply cut off when the line ends, leaving them dangling. That, in turn, is followed by the same words in a tiny font, again without punctuation, but also without spaces between words. Immediately following the first, perfect Dick and Jane sample, the same words are strung together in a smaller font without punctuation. In fact, I guarantee you, the vast majority of all those kids were gettin whooped at home. So, to answer your question, I believe Morrison included the first perfectly written, sample of a Dick and Jane reader to show what the supposed typical American family looked like and what was presented day after day to millions and millions of students, many of whom could not relate at all.

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Nonetheless, in the ubiquitous Dick and Jane series there was never a nod, much less full inclusion, in a single paragraph about or illustration of any kind of family but the one described above. Yet in 1940, 12% of the US population was not white and the divorce rate was 22%.

#THE BLUEST EYE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS TV#

When TV came on the scene, families were all depicted in the same way - Father Knows Best, Ozzie and Harriet, Leave It to Beaver, The Donna Reed Show, etc., the only slight variations being the number and genders of children and inclusion or not of pets. They are a happy family! No cares, no troubles. They have toys and friends who play nicely with them.

The books showed nothing other than the 'typical' American family: financially secure, white (with blue eyes, no doubt), mother, father, sister, brother, dog, cat, all living in a lovely house they surely own. The books showed nothing other than the вЂ¦more During that time period in the US, public schools used Dick and Jane readers to teach all 1st and 2nd graders. Vickie During that time period in the US, public schools used Dick and Jane readers to teach all 1st and 2nd graders. Innocence is another theme tied to the color blue. The color can also be associated with intelligence, signifying Pecola's desperation to overcome her social situation to such an extent that she ignores logic and embraces the impossible instead, that she should magically be given blue eyes. I always thought it was also significant that blue is a color typically associated with depression and unhappiness, something Pecola is closely acquainted with. 'The Bluest Eye', with its superlative of 'blue', indicates her deep-rooted desire to change, to become the most different version of herself possible, since she hates her current self. She doesn't actually want the blue eyes for the sake of having blue eyes, she wants them for the positive treatment she sees people with blue eyes getting (rather than her brown ones), so, in a manner of speaking, it's herself that she wants to become blue.

I always thought that it was 'eye' instead of 'eyes' because it is a homonym to 'I', as in a person - in this case Pecola Breedlove. I always thought that it was 'eye' instead of 'eyes' because it is a вЂ¦more Note: this answer isn't official in any way, just what I thought when reading it.

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