The black way has never been an easy way. Because of society's constructions, its demand that there be an innate and horribly valid separation between the black man and the white man: the black way has never been right, nor smooth, nor splendid, nor terribly loving. Not by any literary standard. Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye was no exception. This was his message; and again, as if to suggest a song, the black way has never been a good way. To give some hints of background to this piece, The Bluest Eye is told from the point of view of two thoughtful women, Claudia and Frieda MacTeer, as they recall their childhood and images of their friend Pecola Breedlove as they grew up in the years at hand in this book. Is this a coming-of-age story? Literally, but it is dissonant, apart from many others, and serves to further the message as stated above. If only to complement it, then, puberty and growth in sexual prowess are developed by the same things that constitute a person's moral sophistication: one's parents, one's school environment, and one's social environment. Pecola's parents, her family life; none of it is at all welcoming, not at all inviting. She can't express herself as she grows into her body because she will get beaten for it. Her mother considers her a liar, and her father is too tormented by his own mental images to care about anyone but himself. He takes the focus off Pecola, as the reader will see in the last part of the book; Spring respectively. This environment that Pecola grows up in is indefinitely “not the right way.” She is denied too much of herself, and that's why she goes crazy, in part. There are many images that contribute to these...... middle of paper ......eb. 2014. Web. June 6, 2014."The bluest eye." Totally and Completely Toni Morrison: A Guide to Novels. Weebly.com and Web. June 4, 2014. Duvall, John N. Toni Morrison's Identifying Fictions: Modernity, Authenticity, and Postmodern Darkness. New York: Palgrave, 2000. Print.Grimes, William. "Toni Morrison is the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in '93." The New York Times 8 October 1993, late edition ed.: n. page Print.Smith, Nicole. “Literary Analysis of Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye”: History and Slavery.” Article Myriad. Np, 15 January 2012. Web. 4 June 2014. Bump, Girolamo. Racism and appearance in the bluest eye: A model for emotional ethical criticism. Criticism. 2nd ed. vol. 37. Austin, TX: U of Texas, 2010. Print.Sugiharti, Esti. Racist Beauty: Toni Morrison's Bluest Eye. Thesis. Np: np, nd Print.Collier, Eugeina. "Marigolds." ne, nd Print.