The Bluest Eye

Lesson 9
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ELA

Unit 7

9th Grade

Lesson 9 of 30

Objective


Explain the impact of the author’s choice of structure and narration.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison  pp. 33 – 37

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Target Task


Multiple Choice

What is the impact of the 3rd person omniscient narration on the reader?

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Writing Prompt

How does the author use structural choices (narration, order of events, epigraph) to help develop the theme of powerlessness thus far in the novel? Explain using evidence from the chapter.

Key Questions


  • Of the three paragraphs of the epigraph, from which is this excerpt? What is the author communicating with this choice?
  • How has the narration changed? (from Claudia to 3rd person omniscient) What is the impact of this shift on what we learn?
  • What does the word "festers" mean? What does it communicate about the Breedlove household?
  • Note: the 3rd person narration is always introduced by the most jumbled excerpt from the Dick and Jane novel.
  • What do we learn from this narrator that we could not have learned from Claudia? Why?
  • What do we learn about love and the Breedlove family and their house?
  • How does the anecdote about the couch contribute to the development of the theme of powerlessness?
  • What is the relationship, chronologically, to the rest of the novel so far?
  • Why might Morrison have chosen to organize the novel in this way? What is the impact?
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