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2/15: Look at p. 117 in The Bluest Eye, focusing on the italicized section. This section is from the perspective of Polly Breedlove (Pecola's mother), written in dialect. What can you infer about Polly from this section? What kind of person is she? How does she see the world?
2/16: Review the "blurb" on the back of The Bluest Eye. Notice how it gives you hints of what the story is about and gives a few tantalizing details designed to draw in the reader. Using this as inspiration, write a blurb for your autobiography.
2/17: Similar to yesterday's prompt, using the blurb from The Bluest Eye as inspiration, write a blurb for a friend's biography. Be creative!
2/18: Morrison uses several pop culture references in the text to give the novel authenticity and interest the reader. She mentions Greta Garbo, Hedy Lamarr, Ginger Rogers, Mary Jane candies, Nu Hair Oil, and other cultural icons of the 1940s. Thinking ahead 30 years, what elements of pop culture do you think will survive? What will remind you of 2010?
2/19: Consider Frieda, Claudia, and Pecola's confrontation with Maureen Peal. If you met your version of Maureen Peal (someone with unearned privilege who taunts you), how would you react to that person?
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