Sunday, October 30, 2016
Puzzle Paragraph 2
While
others say beauty is in the eyes of the beholder; others disagree with that
sentiment and strive for what they believe is society's standards for beauty. Disliking
yourself because of the way you look is worse than being disliked by others for
the way you look. It's worse because you are accepting this and internalizing
it. You are the one believing that you are ugly and you start to loathe
yourself. Loathing yourself is arguably worse than gambling all of your money
in a casino in the author's opinion. Loathing yourself and being lonely can make
you feel like the Lone Ranger. Toni Morrison describes Pecola in the foreword as
an important character who was meant to have people look into themselves
however she tries to show Pecolas suffering without making the other characters
villainous. In this passage Morrison examines her friend wanting blue eyes even
though she is black, she tries not to make it seem like she's profiling but she
does not think her friend needs blue eyes because it's not right. She believes she needs to embrace her race
and all the beauties of being black. This book is not a memoir but it feels
like an expression of feelings and thoughts of the author. There may be truth
in this book and there may not be truth, but the author will create verisimilitude
about life through writing about the main characters battle with herself and
with society. This book will have passion and hopefully, it will evoke a fire
from the readers.
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Although I noticed a few grammar mistakes, your post does clearly convey what the message of the foreword was. I perhaps found the very last sentence a bit interesting since it implies what you expect from the book. I also hope that the book may "evoke a fire" when I read it.
ReplyDeleteNice post David. You tied in the words in from the puzzle paragraph really well. I like how you went in depth with the self-loathing Morrison mentions in her foreword. I also agree with you that we should embrace our features that make us unique. Looking foreword to reading your post next week.
ReplyDeleteI think the beginning part about how striving for society's beauty standards can be connected to "Our Barbies, Ourselves" as that also discusses ridiculous beauty standards for women. Overall, great post!
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