Bluest Eye By Toni Morrison
Although the main characters of the stories Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison have different destinis they both face their tragic fate because they could not change their ideals. Thus, Pecola always carries with her the insecurities caused by the ideas of other people on beauty and eventually it makes her think that white beauty is the highest standard of beauty. She could not realize that anyone who truly loves her does not value her beauty but her personality. Okonkwo was, also, unable to alter his beliefs regarding cultural changes which took place in his village and this is why his village did not recognized his actions as heroic, this is why his village survived and he was not able to. Even though the actions of both characters can be considered as struggle with the white culture they were struggling with themselves because they could not accept the variety that exists in the world and without which the progress is impossible.
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