Throughout history there has been an ideal beauty that many have sought to achieve. But what if that beauty was impossible to grasp because something was holding it back? There was nothing one could do to be "beautiful". Growing up and being convinced that you are ugly, useless and dirty. For Pecola Breedlove this state of desire was reality. Blue eyes, blonde hair and pale white skin were the definition of beauty. Pecola was a black girl with a dream of being beautiful. Toni Morrison takes the reader into the life of a young girl through Morrison's exceptional novel, The Bluest Eye. The novel shows the battles that Pecola struggles with every day. Morrison takes the reader through the themes of whiteness and beauty, racism, stereotypes, and perception, through the use of symbolism, narrative voice, characterization, and diction. Morrison is able to elicit a powerful story of a girl struggling to succeed against the stereotypes and racism she must fight against. In The Bluest Eye, Morrison makes it unmistakably clear that all black children worship “whiteness.” The black characters in the novel have been taught from birth to believe that whiteness is the epitome of beauty. A black character named Claudia remains free from the idealization of whiteness. Morrison suggests in the book that once Claudia reaches adolescence, she too will learn to believe she is ugly, as if self-hatred is a sign of maturation and growth. When she was young, Claudia didn't understand why being white was so great. In the following quote Claudia puts what everyone thinks into perspective.“Adults, older girls, shops, magazines, newspapers, signs in the windows – the whole world agreed that a man with blue eyes, yellow hair, p ...... half of the paper ...... one person's narrative to effectively represent all of Geraldine's first impressions and judgments of Pecola. Geraldine's quick reaction to Pecola is based solely on her appearance without even considering her situation. In this sad scene, the third-person omniscient narration conveys Morrison's message about harsh stereotypes and the toxic nature of judging based on appearance. Morrison's striking use of phrases and vocabulary consistently adds force and meaning to the harmful themes conveyed, and adds strength and fullness. with every statement. His descriptions are vivid and surround each expression with power. When Claudia, Pecola, Frieda, and Maureen, the new white girl at their school, start walking home, a group of kids join them. Morrison uses lucid description to explain the emotions that rise in the boys as they cast their hatred on Pecola.